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"There will not be a new judge in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial after Judge Kenneth Lester dismissed the recusal request.In his ruling, Lester denied the motion as legally insufficient.Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara had filed a request to disqualify Lester because of comments Lester made about his client.O'Mara argued the judge's ruling on Zimmerman's latest bond request shows a lack of objectivity toward Zimmerman.In that ruling, Lester wrote that Zimmerman was \"flouting\" and \"manipulating\" the legal system.In his order, Lester expressed concern that Zimmerman might be hatching a plan to flee the country to avoid prosecution, something Zimmerman's defense strongly denies.Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O'Mara, said Zimmerman still believes Lester cannot give him a fair trial.O'Mara said they are weighing two options.\"The options are, we accept the court's decision, or we take it to the Fifth District Court of Appeals for them to review the court's decision,\" said O'Mara.Despite the negative things Lester has written about Zimmerman, criminal defense attorney Richard Hornsby said Lester can give Zimmerman a fair trial.And even if he succeeds in an appeal for a new judge, the same questions about Zimmerman's character and the credibility of his self-defense claims won't go away.\"Regardless of whether he gets a new judge, they won't get themselves in a better position just because they get a new judge,\" he said.O'Mara said the Zimmerman defense will remain in a holding pattern until they decide what to do about Lester's ruling. They plan to make their decision on whether to appeal by the end of the week.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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