FOX News: George Zimmerman Ordered Back to Jail

Submitted by Anonymous on June 1, 2012 - 3:16pm

Neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman has been given 48 hours to return to jail for failing to fully disclose his finances, FOX News is reporting.

Zimmerman faces a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 26 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford.

Zimmerman, 28, claimed he acted in self-defense under the states Stand Your Ground law in what escalated into a nationwide, racially charged case.

Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said Friday that George Zimmerman misled the court about how much money he had available when his bond was set for $150,000 in April, FOX News reported. Prosecutors claim Zimmerman had $135,000 available that had been raised by a website he set up.

Prosecutors also say he failed to surrender a second passport.

The defense says the finances are an innocent misunderstanding."

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