Florida – Zimmerman’s Website Raised More Than $200,000 for His Defense

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    AP Photo | BRIAN BLANCOFlorida – George Zimmerman’s attorney says a website created to raise money for his legal defense has raised more than $200,000.

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    Mark O’Mara said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday night that he learned about the money on Wednesday and will inform a judge at a Friday hearing.

    Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin, was released from jail this week after paying 10 percent of $150,000 bail.

    O’Mara says the bail amount may have been higher if the judge knew Zimmerman had raised $200,000.

    The website used to raise the money has since been shut down, but O’Mara said he’ll likely start a new defense fund for Zimmerman.

    O’Mara did not immediately return a Thursday evening phone message by The Associated Press.


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    11 years ago

    Why does everything need to publicized? This bit of info will just serve to rile his critics. They can pat themselves on the back as much as they want (over the show of support from his defenders) but it won’t do anything to mitigate the rage of his accusers. Personally (as if anyone out there gives a darn) I tend to feel that as tragic as this episode is, Zimmerman is horrified at what transpired that day and never meant to kill anyone. Contrary to some lowlives who spend their days and nights on the prowl looking to rip off anyone they could, Zimmerman’s history shows him to be a get-up-and-go kind of guy who cared to educate himself and be a decent wage-earner – not to mention help the needy, which included people of all color, including blacks.

    Facts1
    Facts1
    11 years ago

    Way to go.

    If zimmerman needs to be tried, he should get real justice, not one meant to appease.

    NewsLover
    NewsLover
    11 years ago

    This whole thing is a set up, they were affraid that the protesters will keep on like years ago when a black woman claimed that 10 white people took care of her so they decided to play the game cool, but in the end they will let him go free, and he will have to find a secured place to live.

    11 years ago

    Politiicians as well as the news media never address the issue of Black against White violent crime, which statistically is fifty times more prevalent than White against Black crime. Secondly, Zimmerman needs that money to pay for his living expenses, plus security for himself and his family, as well as legal fees. Alan Dershowitz has stated that the special prosecutor in this case, withheld evidence which would have benefited the defense; yet, she went ahead with her trumped up charge.

    AKIVAF
    AKIVAF
    11 years ago

    He needs to spend some of that money and get a robust web site that will not crash with megatraffic and then he may well earn a million $.

    11 years ago

    A shud his site is shut down…I would of give him a Schim Hugin.

    concerned_Jew
    concerned_Jew
    11 years ago

    I think this whole controversy is being generated by the press in order to advance their gun registration/confiscation/ban agenda.