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George Zimmerman´s lawyers say prosecutors are stalling
Miami Herald, by Frances Robles
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Posted By:SoCalGal, 12/6/2012 6:56:16 PM
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| George Zimmerman´s lawyers say prosecutors are deliberately dragging their feet, and accused the Duval County State Attorney of delaying - and even hiding - evidence that suggests their client is innocent. It took months and the judge´s intervention for lawyers to get a vivid color copy of Zimmerman´s bloody injuries. The defense didn´t find out about witnesses who had helpful information until recently, and attorneys learned of a police officer´s full role in the case by word of mouth. Papers filed in Seminole County Court in Sanford accuse prosecutors of withholding exculpatory information by delaying reports and a key audio tape.
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Comments: And if the reader gets to the end of the article, they will find that Miami is already concerned about the outfall if George Zimmerman turns out to be not guilty. Now isn´t that the limit?
Reporterette Frances Robles was part of the original cabal of Florida newsers who tried with all their might to have Zimmerman convicted without a trial.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Emerson, 12/6/2012 6:59:20 PM (No. 9052517)
Un-flippin-real.
In Miami, civic leaders appear increasingly worried that Zimmerman could be acquitted or have the charges against him dismissed on self-defense grounds. The Community Relations Board on Tuesday announced plans to create a youth advisory board and hold a young people´s summit to address how the community should react if Zimmerman is found not guilty.
When Sanford police did not arrest Zimmerman for weeks after Martin´s death last spring, students at 31 South Florida high schools walked out.
"I think there´s concern he could be acquitted, surely," said Community Relations Board Director Amy Carswell. "There are people who would be angry about it. So far they have shown a response that was nonviolent and positive, and we want to keep it that way."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 12/6/2012 7:10:46 PM (No. 9052538)
I remain convinced that Adipose Angela Corey overcharged, hoping for a quick plea deal for manslaughter. She is Nifong all over again.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Butch, 12/6/2012 7:13:04 PM (No. 9052542)
"It took months and the judge´s intervention for [defense] lawyers to get a vivid color copy of Zimmerman´s bloody injuries."
I´m not a lawyer, but doesn´t concealment of exculpatory evidence provide the judge with a legal justification for dismissing the case, or for requesting sanctions against the prosecutors for misconduct, or both?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Calvinesq, 12/6/2012 7:14:40 PM (No. 9052547)
Of course they are stalling. When you have no case, you stall, stall, stall, to get some sort of release from liability and a settlement. He deserves every dollar he will eventually get from this false arrest and prosecution.
As I have said before: Now that the election is over, the charges will be somewhat quietly dropped, but looks like a release/settlement may be required at some stage.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jimK1, 12/6/2012 7:16:44 PM (No. 9052552)
I hope this persecutor is sent to jail for her malfeasance.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 12/6/2012 7:35:35 PM (No. 9052590)
Zimmerman should be glad for the delay because it gives his lawyers time to pry evidence out of the prosecution. I was worried that they would fall for the manslaughter charge and take a deal. They avoided that trap. Now I think he will be aquitted. The police did not want to charge him. They knew it was self defense and they certainly knew he had been beaten up. The lady prosecutor and the media raised a public outcry. I think they are going to be sorry they pulled this stunt.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/6/2012 8:02:16 PM (No. 9052639)
That is because they have NO case!
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SANFORD -- For the first time, we are hearing from the teenager believed to be the last person to talk to Trayvon Martin moments before his deadly confrontation with George Zimmerman. The teen, known only as "Witness 8," is considered to be the prosecution´s key witness, but Zimmerman´s attorneys said she lied during a deposition by the Martin family´s attorney, Benjamin Crump. A new motion filed Monday said the state knew Witness 8, said to be a girlfriend of Trayvon Martin´s from Miami, had been lying, but never came out with it.
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Two veteran TV actresses may join the cast of Fox´s Glee after their upcoming appearance as a kindly lesbian couple. Meredith Baxter, known for being the All-American Mom on Family Ties, and Patty Duke who soared to fame in her self-titled series, will offer guidance to a gay character considering popping the question to his partner. According to a Friday report at E!, Oscar winner Patty Duke and longtime television star Meredith Baxter will play a lesbian couple. Not only that, regular character Blaine played by Darren Criss will propose to
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Obama’s plan hatched at Columbia University
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Human Events, by Wayne Root
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Posted By: EnsignO- 4/14/2013 12:55:47 PM
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President Obama and I were college classmate at Columbia University, class of ’83. I know all too well how mindlessly liberal the students and faculty of that institution can be, and Barack Obama is certainly no exception. My time at Columbia made it crystal clear: liberals always believe they are morally superior. [Snip] It is in this cesspool of intolerance that Obama and his Marxist cronies hatched a secret plan to destroy our country. There are two things you need to know about Obama at Columbia University. First, he was Pre Law and a Political Science major- just like me.
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CBS: Saudi Man In Custody Was Tackled By Bystanders At Boston Marathon
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Business Insider, by Jim Edwards
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/15/2013 8:16:52 PM
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The Saudi Arabian man who is reportedly in police custody following the Boston Marathon bombing was chased and tackled by bystanders shortly after the blast, according to CBS. Senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant director of the FBI, reported this: There is an individual in custody … he is not free to go. There is an individual in custody … he is not free to go. He is a Saudi national who was near the scene of the blast. When the blast happened he began to run. Now, in context, a lot of people began to run.
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