Sunday, July 14, 2013

IT director who raised questions about Zimmerman case is fired


A corrupt case from beginning to end

An employee of the Florida State Attorney's Office who testified that prosecutors withheld evidence from George Zimmerman's defense team has been fired.

Ben Kruidbos had been on paid administrative leave since May 28 from his job as director of information technology for the State Attorney's Office.

A spokeswoman for Fourth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Angela Corey said Kruidbos was no longer an employee of the office.
Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, is on trial in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year.

Kruidbos testified before Zimmerman's trial began that Martin's cell phone contained images of Martin blowing smoke, images of marijuana and deleted text messages regarding a transaction for a firearm and that those images had not been given to Zimmerman's defense team.

He received the termination letter, dated July 11, on Friday, the same day jurors began deliberating Zimmerman's case. The letter states: "It has come to our attention that you violated numerous State Attorney's Office (SAO) policies and procedures and have engaged in deliberate misconduct that is especially egregious in light of your position."

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/13/justice/zimmerman-it-firing/index.html

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't condone frivolous lawsuits but this one needs to happen and I do hope this IT director wins enough to not have to work for jerks like this ever again. To me; that would be true justice.

No comment on the Z trial at this time though.