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That back. reporter: florida law 939.06 makes it clear, a criminal defendant who is acquitted doesn t have to pay court costs or fees. zimmerman s attorney says that includes fees for transcripts and experts who testify, so how much? $200,000 maybe $300,000. omara says blame the prosecutors. i wish somebody would say why is no one calling up the state attorney s office and saying, how dare you prosecute somebody for a charge there s no way you could ever convict? reporter: we did contact state attorney angela corey s office for comment. we were told the state attorney s office will respond to the request in the proper arena, the courtroom. zimmerman has to make a case for his reimbursement and he may not get everything he s asking for. but whatever taxpayers pay, add it to the bill they re already picking up for jury costs, court ....
But whatever taxpayers pay, add it to the bill they re already picking up for jury costs, court security costs and the costs to the city of sanford. a list of expenses the orlando sentinel recently estimated at $902,000. and all of the numbers that are being thrown around right now, they do not include the big number which is what george zimmerman actually owes his attorney, mark omara just based on his billable hours george zimmerman owes him about $1 million that hasn t been paid and that goes also for other attorneys working on this case, jessica? that is a lot of money. david, what kind of reaction have you heard from trayvon martin s family? we reached out to them for a comment through their attorney, but we did not hear back from them today. i did have a very interesting conversation, though, with the state agency that is actually in charge of writing these checks to defendants who are acquitted, and it was quite an eye opener here. ....
Arena, the courtroom. zimmerman has to make a case for his reimbursement and he may not get everything he s asking for. but whatever taxpayers pay, add it to the bill they re already picking up for jury costs, court security costs and the costs to the city of sanford. a list of expenses the orlando sentinel recently estimated at $902,000. and all of the numbers that are being thrown around right now, they do not include the big number which is what george zimmerman actually owes his attorney, mark omara just based on his billable hours george zimmerman owes him about $1 million that hasn t been paid and that goes also for other attorneys working on this case, jessica? that is a lot of money. david, what kind of reaction have you heard from trayvon martin s family? we reached out to them for a comment through their attorney, but we did not hear back from them today. i did have a very interesting ....