Posted on 04/27/2012 11:33:03 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge rejected a prosecution request to raise the bond for George Zimmerman on Friday, after it was disclosed that the man charged with murdering unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin had received about $200,000 from anonymous donors to fund his defense.
"I'm not going to make a snap decision," Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. said during a hearing in Sanford, the central Florida town where 17-year-old Martin was shot dead by Zimmerman in February.
He spoke after Prosecutor Bernardo de la Rionda said the disclosure by Zimmerman's lawyer on Thursday that donors had contributed "just over $200,000" to his defense meant that the amount of his bond should be reconsidered.
Lester said he needed more information about Zimmerman's fund-raising before he could agree to any request for reconsideration of the bond.
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Team Skittles probably thinks George was watching his PayPayl account racking up deposits on his jail issued iPad.
Lynching’s easier when you make the accused bring the rope.
“Bail is not supposed to be punitive; it’s only to insure appearance in court.
Even a rich person shouldn’t be made to pay high bail just because he can afford it; that’s not the function of bail.”
That’s what I thought. Bail should be commensurate with the alleged crime and the accused flight risk. I believe I read somewhere that the judge once the case said that the amount of bail set for Zimmerman was comparable to other 2nd degree murder cases.
Obviously not the same person who wrote the background on George.
BANG, that's two, NEXT?
Regards,
GtG
Murder in the Second Degree...
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Okay, thanks.
Don’t worry. Alan is on the case. He is ‘the best’ appeals lawyer you can get.
Also flight risk. Someone whose major asset is 200K Cash...
He’s going to need that much to hire security.
Bail is used to insure s defendant appears in court.
Unless Zimmerman took some action that indicates he is not going to appear, there is NO LEGAL reason to request a bail increase
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