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Trayvon Martin's killer to ask for new release from jail
Source: Reuters
Trayvon Martin's killer to ask for new release from jail
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida | Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Monday they would ask a judge to release him from jail again after his bail was revoked last week.
The announcement came a day after Zimmerman, 28, returned to a cell in the Seminole County jail in central Florida, after a circuit court judge revoked his bond at a hearing on Friday and ordered him back into custody.
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The lawyers had originally planned to file a motion on Monday requesting a new bond hearing for Zimmerman. But Donald West, one of the lawyers, said the motion was not completed in time and it was now likely to be filed on Tuesday.
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Zimmerman's defense team said he acknowledged that he had "allowed his financial situation to misstated in court" in April. But they said Zimmerman had been "forthright and cooperative" in other regards.
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By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida | Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Monday they would ask a judge to release him from jail again after his bail was revoked last week.
The announcement came a day after Zimmerman, 28, returned to a cell in the Seminole County jail in central Florida, after a circuit court judge revoked his bond at a hearing on Friday and ordered him back into custody.
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The lawyers had originally planned to file a motion on Monday requesting a new bond hearing for Zimmerman. But Donald West, one of the lawyers, said the motion was not completed in time and it was now likely to be filed on Tuesday.
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Zimmerman's defense team said he acknowledged that he had "allowed his financial situation to misstated in court" in April. But they said Zimmerman had been "forthright and cooperative" in other regards.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/04/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSBRE85207Q20120604
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