17 yo Trayvon Martin Shot to Death by Neighborhood Watch Captain #27

. Kim Cannaday, a spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, said she couldn't comment on what security procedures will be in place for Zimmerman if he is released. The sheriff's office does have the ability to monitor defendants outside the county if a judge requests a GPS monitor to be used as a condition of release.

"I want him to be safe," O'Mara said. "I want him to get to his trial so that a judge or jury, or the prosecutor and I, can figure out a way to resolve this."

"There is no mechanism in which a defendant is entitled to an around-the-clock detail," Grieco said. "The irony is that the only safe place for him, considering the current atmosphere surrounding the case, is protective custody within the jail system."

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csziggy said:

I think we would all be better off to get rid of SYG and just tweak the previously existing laws. The 'castle' law is well entrenched in our legal system and self defense laws were doing pretty darned good. There were very few cases that justified any changes in those laws and for those few, a little tweaking to the old laws would have done.

This whole new law that added an entirely new concept of 'no retreat' or 'shoot first' is making our country more dangerous and less civil. The practical effect that some violent deaths are not being fully investigated or going through the process to define who was at fault scares me.

IMO, JMO, etc

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PaintingAnemone said:

And yet, according to the link you just quoted, what Zimmerman experienced would have been classified as a temporary detention, and not an arrest.



That is exactly what happened to Zimmerman - in fact, it was even referred to specifically as "investigative detention" by Sanford PD. The line for me is, if Zimmerman had decided at any point that he no longer wanted to cooperate and wanted to leave, could they have held him against his will? The language of the statement from Sanford's PD chief, IMO, indicates no.


http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/Zimmerman_Martin_shooting.pdf

So once Zimmerman invoked SYG, which it appears he did immediately at the scene of the crime, it seems they didn't feel they had much if any authority to do anything with regard to detaining him against his will. Whether the investigators believed him or not (and it doesn't appear they did), at that point it looks like they were just getting the story straight and filling out paperwork. I think Zimmerman, feeling nice and safe once had wrapped himself in SYG, was perfectly happy to tell his side of the story, wherever they wanted him to tell it.

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"Normally, the conditions are that you stay local. I think that is going to be difficult," O'Mara said in an interview. "I think nobody would deny the fact that if George Zimmerman were walking down the street today, he would be at risk. That is a reality."

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lauriej said:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-20/george-zimmerman-bail-hearing/54423928/1
Safety, location at issue if Zimmerman is released on bond

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saguaro said:

Fasten your seatbelts.

Today should be a very interesting day.

It's only 4:00 a.m. here.

Is the hearing starting at 9:00 a.m. EST?

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