George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder, surrendered to police and was taken to the Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Florida, on Sunday.
On June 1, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman’s bond, saying the move was due to the fact that the convict and his wife had falsely told the judge at a bond hearing in April that their finances were limited in order to obtain a lower bond.
Meanwhile, Zimmerman’s defense attorney Mark O’Mara said that he might file a motion on Monday seeking a new bond hearing for his client.
“He (Zimmerman) is in custody now. He is going to remain there until we get back before Judge Lester if and when he grants us a bond hearing. It sounded like he might consider it. But that is going to be based upon the motion itself.”
Trayvon Martin was gunned down by Zimmerman in Florida on February 26, but Florida police did not arrest the shooter for six weeks after the deadly incident.
Martin is not the only victim of alleged hate crime in the United States in recent months.
According to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), only in 2010 the statistics regarding single-bias hate crime incidents that were prosecuted in the United States showed there were 3,949 victims of racially motivated hate crimes, with 70 percent being victims of anti-black bias.
The FBI compiles annual statistics on hate crimes in the United States, but many commentators believe the bureau understates the real level of hate crimes each year.
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