George Zimmerman Returns To Jail After Judge Revokes Bond

Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman is returning to prison. After a rather public bond hearing in April, Zimmerman was released from jail, but now the same circuit court judge who granted him the release on bond is now taking it back. Judge Kenneth Lester has since determined that Zimmerman falsely represented himself as a man with limited funds, when, in fact, his family had raised over $200,000 in contributions from a website they set up. The deadline for Zimmerman to return to prison was 2:30 PM today, and Zimmerman was back in prison roughly an hour before that.

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Zimmerman was in hiding for the past month or two after being released on bond. But because he only turned in one of his two passports and lied about his financial status, he is back in jail today.

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