Former federal prosecutor Kendall Coffey explains why George Zimmerman must turn himself in within 48 hours.
If you happen to run into George Zimmerman this weekend (please, for your own safety, don't approach him wearing a hoodie), please let him know he's wanted back in jail.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester today revoked Zimmerman's bond, ordering the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin back to jail within 48 hours.
Lester said Zimmerman misled the court about how much money he had when his bond was set for $150,000 in April.
Prosecutors claim Zimmerman had $135,000 available that had been raised by a website he set up, and failed to surrender a second passport.
Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara says the finances are an innocent misunderstanding.
George Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, reacts to Judge Kenneth Lester's decision to revoke his client's bond.
But attorneys for Martin’s family say the disclosures go to Zimmerman, credibility, which attorney Ben Crump called crucial to his self-defense claim.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.
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STORM
not sure what your complete disgust with the president is doing on a criminal court case seed, but what does matter to some, is that regardless of what happens in this court case, it matters that YOU and some others have a clue on how the criminal justice system works.
for you to make a comment as if AN ESCAPE charge wouldnt matter to zimmerman, then you dont get it how the system works, HE would care , as it is explained above.
WHY? because the jury would not deal with a contempt/escape charge but the judge that signed the warrant. Thus it would be on top of any sentence zimmerman would get in this case.
yes its good that you dont lie. even though i am not smart in economics at all, i would be interested to know the answer to the question WHOM asked to you, referencing bushs spending habits.
CJL...my point was that if Zimmerman was guilty, an escape charge on top of a Murder 2 charge/conviction would mean nothing to him if he thought he was going to be convicted. If he is already going to face a 25 - Life sentence, what is another few years if he thought he could get away/
These links below are the opinion of the leading magazine for the Dispatch industry in regards to the 911 call.
http://www.911dispatch.com/2012/04/12/dispatchers-words-now-part-of-murder-charge/
http://www.911dispatch.com/2012/03/29/incidents-raise-question-give-callers-instructions/
http://www.911dispatch.com/2012/03/17/logging-tape-is-key-in-shooting-death/
I think Bush was a spendaholic as was the Democrat Congress that was in charge of the spending for the last 2 years of his presidency. I wish he had been much more ht fiscal conservative that we needed at the time.However, it pales in comparison to the spending that is happening under the current Democrat President and Democrat Congress.
Whom's question is idiotic.
STORM
aah YOU need to go visit a local jail, and also need to wake up to the fact that a FEW more years, is something that NOBODY would want to do, based on not reporting to jail, and its the judges call, there is no sentencing guideline for his decision. Because your seem to not account that his attorney will throw everything in the pot and hope the judge takes some stuff out that helps his case and could hopefully get him a plea down to manslaughter thus no more then 25 years. And you really think 5 years added on wont matter, really?
And the 911 tape will play a big part of this because he will have to remember what happened on the tape stays in line with his voluntary statement which i dont think he can do. The key will be for his defense team is to make sure his past PUBLIC arrest documentation gets excluded as to his character that the prosecution will present to the jury.
Any president is going to be a spend alcoholic, so its more about what a president accomplishes and each president has done somethings well and some not so well.