Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman Case II

[Wizard777]

Zimmerman wants to delay trial for Martin shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin to death on Wednesday asked for more time to prepare his case, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence.

At the same time, Zimmerman's lead attorney, Mark O'Mara, renewed his request for donations to George Zimmerman's legal defense, which he said could cost up to $1 million.

"The state has virtually unlimited resources to prosecute George," O'Mara said on Zimmerman's defense fund website. "To finance his defense, however, George relies on the generosity of individuals who believe he is innocent."

[Wizard777]

O'Mara also asked the public to donate more money for his defense, saying on the web site that Zimmerman's defense fund has raised more than $314,000 since he was charged. Of that amount, $95,000 was spent on bail, almost $62,000 was spent on Zimmerman's living expenses during the past eight months and $56,100 was spent on security.

HA! The last I heard the Security Company was suing Zimmerman for not paying his bill. They say he only paid them 40,000.00 and they were suing him for 27,000.00.

[Cameron]

State: Don't delay George Zimmerman murder trial

Defense fund donors respond, quickly pump in $5,200.

Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda today objected to a delay in George Zimmerman's trial, accusing defense attorney Mark O'Mara of spending too much time on media interviews and suggesting that O'Mara may be stalling because he's out of money. . .

The same day, he announced that he and Zimmerman had spent their way through more than $300,000 in donations and desperately needed more. . .

O'Mara is the reason for the delay, de la Rionda wrote. The defense attorney has been slow to schedule depositions and sometimes cancels them at the last minute, de la Rionda said. . .

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7622671.story

[Grindelwald]

Wow! What about due process?

You don't think he's guilty? Or are you just assuming he's innocent because he's white and the victim is black?

[Smokey 1]

You don't think he's guilty? Or are you just assuming he's innocent because he's white and the victim is black?

I don't know if he is guilty or not and I am not assuming anything. I do think he is entitled to a fair trial. Are you assuming he is guilty because he is Hispanic and the victim is black?

[Grindelwald]

I don't know if he is guilty or not and I am not assuming anything. I think do think he is entitled to a fair trial. Are you assuming he is guilty because he is Hispanic and the victim is black?

Why would I think that? I am neither Hispanic nor black. Yes he is entitled to a fair trial, and based on what I've read, a fair trial should find him guilty. The fact that the trial hasn't happened yet is a joke.

[Smokey 1]

Why would I think that? I am neither Hispanic nor black. Yes he is entitled to a fair trial, and based on what I've read, a fair trial should find him guilty. The fact that the trial hasn't happened yet is a joke.

Then why did you think I would assume he was not guilty? I am not Hispanic or black either and it wouldn't make a difference if I was or not. I don't know what happened that night and neither do you.

[Wizard777]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7622671.story

What's been spent so far, he said, has been managed responsibly.

The security company that is suing Zimmerman said that the level of security O'Mara wanted was in excess of what they actually needed. That's probably not the only excessive spending. The next story we see on Zimmerman will probably be about O'Mara trying to peddle book and movie rights.

[Mom49of4]

Why would I think that? I am neither Hispanic nor black. Yes he is entitled to a fair trial, and based on what I've read, a fair trial should find him guilty. The fact that the trial hasn't happened yet is a joke.

Have you seen all the evidence?

[Grindelwald]

Have you seen all the evidence?

Then why did you think I would assume he was not guilty? I am not Hispanic or black either and it wouldn't make a difference if I was or not. I don't know what happened that night and neither do you.

What do you think happened? I'm going with majority opinion here.

[Mom49of4]

I am waiting for the trial.

[Smokey 1]

What do you think happened? I'm going with majority opinion here.

Why? What does anyone's opinion matter except those that hear all the evidence at trial?

I just hope justice is served.

[Grindelwald]

I get the feeling you two are being stubborn here just to be stubborn.

[Mom49of4]

I get the feeling you two are being stubborn here just to be stubborn.

Have you reviewed all of the evidence? If so, perhaps you could share with the 2 of us what we are missing.

[Smokey 1]

I get the feeling you two are being stubborn here just to be stubborn.

Did you also believe the Duke Lax players were guilty and ready to hang them before all the evidence was in?

[Grindelwald]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/12/...-need-to-know/ There is plenty of other evidence on the internet on this case. A simple google search should do it for you.

Now apart from the fact that I'm a bit fed up with your [personal attack deleted] this evening this website is slow as molasses tonight so I'm off.

[Mom49of4]

Grindelwald, you have decided that he is guilty and some have decided to wait for the trial. I honestly do not see a problem with either opinion.

[Smokey 1]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/12/...-need-to-know/ There is plenty of other evidence on the internet on this case. A simple google search should do it for you.

I have read all kinds of "evidence" about this case on the internet but fortunately for all of us we are not tried on the internet but by a judge and/or jury in a courtroom.

Now apart from the fact that I'm a bit fed up with your [personal attack deleted] this evening this website is slow as molasses tonight so I'm off.

Stupidity?

What makes me stupid? That I won't jump to conclusions about a case in the news?

[musicmd]

Did you also believe the Duke Lax players were guilty and ready to hang them before all the evidence was in?

I believe you are comparing apples and oranges.

[Cameron]

You don't think he's guilty? Or are you just assuming he's innocent because he's white and the victim is black?

I don't know if he is guilty or not and I am not assuming anything. I do think he is entitled to a fair trial. Are you assuming he is guilty because he is Hispanic and the victim is black?

Hispanic is not a race.

It is an ethnicity.

In the 2010 census, people are asked about their Hispanic origins in addition to being asked their race:

8. Is the person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

9. What is the person's race?

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".

The U.S. Department of Transportation defines Hispanic as, "persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race."

In a recent study, most Spanish-speakers of Spanish or Latin American descent do not prefer the term “Hispanic” or “Latino” when it comes to describing their identity. Instead, they prefer to be identified by their country of origin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispani..._United_States