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tapermaker

(244 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:06 PM Mar 2012

I would like to know if judge Zimmerman

Has been contacted by new special prosecutor. I bet there is a phone records that show Zimmerman sr. has had conversations with the stanford police or the special prosecutors. That is probably why there were higher ranking officials taking a special interest in the case early on, Who overturned the case officers push for an arrest.
I really dont trust florida to do whats right here. They are just trying to find a way to make this all go away.

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I would like to know if judge Zimmerman (Original Post) tapermaker Mar 2012 OP
Turns out he may not have been a judge. Ian David Mar 2012 #1
see my post.... He is NOT a judge hlthe2b Mar 2012 #3
Thanks! n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #5
He is a magistrate--not considered a judge in Virginia, thus no title hlthe2b Mar 2012 #2
My,my ~ he didn't do anything to correct the news media goclark Mar 2012 #4
Not a judge, not ever part of the judicial system in FL from what has been found so far ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #6
Not a judge. WI_DEM Mar 2012 #7
But does he have influence in the police? Kablooie Mar 2012 #8

Ian David

(69,059 posts)
1. Turns out he may not have been a judge.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:08 PM
Mar 2012

Stephanie Miller was reading something on the air that suggests the only reason people think he was a judge, was because George Zimmerman might have lied about it on a job application.

I'll see what I can find.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
2. He is a magistrate--not considered a judge in Virginia, thus no title
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:09 PM
Mar 2012

Here is what the Virginia courts system has verified re: the elder Zimmerman.

This was given to an ABC affiliate in reference to whether or not Robert ZImmerman was a judge: (http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/crime/zimmerman-dad-worked-as-magistrate)

“Robert J. Zimmerman served as a full-time magistrate from 2000-2006. Please be advised that in Virginia magistrates are judicial officers, but they are not considered "judges" and do not possess trial jurisdiction. More detailed information on the role of the magistrate in Virginia is available on Virginia's Judicial System Website .”
http://www.courts.state.va.us/courtadmin/aoc/djs/programs/mag/home.html

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
8. But does he have influence in the police?
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:46 PM
Mar 2012

He may be the reason his son is free right now.
If so, he should be brought to trial as well.

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