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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts) Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:01 PM Jul 2012

Wife of Trayvon Martin's killer pleads not guilty to perjury

Wife of Trayvon Martin's killer pleads not guilty to perjury

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSBRE86R00H20120728

(Reuters) - The wife of George Zimmerman pleaded not guilty on Friday to a perjury charge after Florida prosecutors alleged she lied about their family's finances during a bond hearing in the case of her husband's shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin.

A lawyer for Shellie Zimmerman filed the written plea and waved her right to appear in court at an arraignment hearing scheduled for Tuesday, said Michelle Kennedy, a court spokeswoman.

During an April bond hearing, Shellie Zimmerman testified the Zimmermans had no money and that she did not know much had been raised through the website.

But several phone calls recorded while George Zimmerman was in jail showed them using coded language to discuss the money and discussing plans to move it to an account belonging to his sister.

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Wife of Trayvon Martin's killer pleads not guilty to perjury (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 OP

I'll push the fainting couch in her general direction DocMac Jul 2012 #1

And I hereby find Shellie guilty and sentence her to life without parole. Panasonic Jul 2012 #2

she's clearly guilty and yet she pleads not guilty doesnt she know she's not rich enuff to get leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #3

Not rich enough? They must have more... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #4

How nice of her to waste everyone's time Generic Brad Jul 2012 #5

This is the very essence of our criminal justice system.. pipoman Jul 2012 #6

DocMac

(1,628 posts)

1. I'll push the fainting couch in her general direction

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:04 PM

Jul 2012

when she is found guilty.

Panasonic

(2,921 posts)

2. And I hereby find Shellie guilty and sentence her to life without parole.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:28 PM

Jul 2012

Co conspirator to a murderer.

Goodbye, and good riddance to bad rubbish.

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

3. she's clearly guilty and yet she pleads not guilty doesnt she know she's not rich enuff to get

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:39 PM

Jul 2012

away with that

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Not rich enough? They must have more...

Reply to leftyohiolib (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:43 PM

Jul 2012

...than $152 (*wink*) in that account.

Generic Brad

(14,276 posts)

5. How nice of her to waste everyone's time

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:47 PM

Jul 2012

Her hand was clearly caught in the cookie jar. Now taxpayers have to pay to prosecute her for something everyone knows she did? Just who is advising her? Saul Goodman?

pipoman

(16,038 posts)

6. This is the very essence of our criminal justice system..

Reply to Generic Brad (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:23 AM

Jul 2012

I would much rather completely take plea bargain off the table in all criminal cases..plea bargain is what it would take to entice a person to plead guilty rather than taking their chances at trial by jury, regardless the charge.

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