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Juror Speaks!!!!

Mike

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(CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 8:55 p.m. Monday]
One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman said she had "no doubt" Zimmerman feared for his life in the final moments of his struggle with Trayvon Martin, and that was the definitive factor in the verdict. The juror spoke to CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Monday.
[Original story, posted at 8:48 p.m. Monday]
Juror: Zimmerman's 'heart was in right place' but judgment was lacking
(CNN) -- One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman said she believed his "heart was in the right place" the night he killed Trayvon Martin, but that he didn't use "good judgment" in confronting the Florida teen.
Juror: Zimmerman's heart in right place
The juror spoke to CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Monday night. Her identity was concealed.
"I think George Zimmerman is a man whose heart was in the right place, but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods and wanting to catch these people so badly that he went above and beyond what he really should have done. But I think his heart was in the right place. It just went terribly wrong," she said.
If anything, the juror said she thought Zimmerman was guilty of not using "good judgment."
"When he was in the car, and he had called 911, he shouldn't have gotten out of that car," she said.
She also said she believes Martin threw the first punch in their confrontation.
Zimmerman probably feared for his life before shooting Martin, and it was his voice that was heard screaming for help in 911 calls, the juror said she believes.
She will be writing a book about her experiences, literary agent Sharlene Martin said before her interview aired.
"My hope is that people will read Juror B37's book, written with her attorney husband, and understand the commitment it takes to serve and be sequestered on a jury in a highly publicized murder trial and how important, despite one's personal viewpoints, it is to follow the letter of the law," the president of Martin Literary Agency, wrote in a statement.
"It could open a whole new dialogue about laws that may need to be revised and revamped to suit a 21st Century way of life," Martin said.
Verdict debate doesn't end debate in Martin's death
Jurors were not identified by name during the trial.
However, according to HLN, CNN's sister network, juror B37 has been married 20 years, has two adult children and once had a concealed weapons permit. She has lived in Seminole County, Florida, for 18 years and volunteers for animal rescue groups, according to HLN.
In addition to exploring Florida self-defense laws, gun control and race relations, the book will show readers "why the jurors had no option but to find Zimmerman not guilty due to the manner in which he was charged and the content of the jury instructions," Martin said.
Martin has handled a number of other controversial high-profile books, including "If I Did It," the book written by O.J. Simpson, but acquired by the family of murder victim Ronald Goldman, detailing how the killings of Goldman and Simpson's former wife Nicole Simpson might have been committed.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/15/justice/zimmerman-juror-book/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
 

Faster horses

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This is a bit off subject, but I wonder what the outcome would have been had someone come to help George Zimmerman when he was so desperately crying for help. :???: And why did no one come to his aid? I haven't seen or head that discussed anywhere.
 

hypocritexposer

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Faster horses said:
This is a bit off subject, but I wonder what the outcome would have been had someone come to help George Zimmerman when he was so desperately crying for help. :???: And why did no one come to his aid? I haven't seen or head that discussed anywhere.

They didn't know if Trayvon was armed or not.
 

knabe

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Its racist to keep calling zimmerman by his flast name and trayvon by his first.

This emphasizes a difference that doesnt exist.

News stories should either use both last names or both first and not mix the two.
 

Tam

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hypocritexposer said:
Faster horses said:
This is a bit off subject, but I wonder what the outcome would have been had someone come to help George Zimmerman when he was so desperately crying for help. :???: And why did no one come to his aid? I haven't seen or head that discussed anywhere.

They didn't know if Trayvon was armed or not.

Neither did George but if Trayvon had been there to case a house and use the burglary tools he had at school, who do you think those hiding behind locked doors in that gated community would have looked to to keep them safe.

I'm with FH just how many of those upstanding citizens from the gated community that expected their neighborhood watch guy to protect them and their homes got a flashlight and peeked out to see what was really going on when they heard George yelling for help? :?

His lawyers said he yelled for at least 45 second before he felt the need to defend himself from the beating he was taking from the CHILD sitting on him. 45 second is a long time when you don't know if the next blow to the head is going to be the one to finish you off. AND as it was proven four minutes is a very long time that the poor innocent scared Child could have used to GO HOME and get out of all the danger but he DID NOT DO IT.

I wish they could do something to stop the race baiters from making this issue even worse. To listen to Al Sharpton today, you would think it is now open season on every black child walking down the street due to the Not Guilty verdict in this case. He just can't seem to get it through that thick head of his that Zimmerman would have never shot Trayvon if Trayvon had not attacked him. Following a person acting strange in your community is not illegal but attacking and beating the person following you because you don't like his skin color is.
 

Steve

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Juror Speaks!!!!

last night they had on that intellectually challenged black girl on idiot martin's show.. it was just as bad as her testimony without the attitude..

I couldn't watch more then 45 seconds without wanting to shoot the TV,.. so I switched channels to watch a commercial...

Now we may know why after talking to her for 400 minutes why martin was so violent..
 

Sandhusker

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Faster horses said:
This is a bit off subject, but I wonder what the outcome would have been had someone come to help George Zimmerman when he was so desperately crying for help. :???: And why did no one come to his aid? I haven't seen or head that discussed anywhere.

It probably happened too fast.
 

iwannabeacowboy

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Tam said:
hypocritexposer said:
Faster horses said:
This is a bit off subject, but I wonder what the outcome would have been had someone come to help George Zimmerman when he was so desperately crying for help. :???: And why did no one come to his aid? I haven't seen or head that discussed anywhere.

They didn't know if Trayvon was armed or not.

Neither did George but if Trayvon had been there to case a house and use the burglary tools he had at school, who do you think those hiding behind locked doors in that gated community would have looked to to keep them safe.

I'm with FH just how many of those upstanding citizens from the gated community that expected their neighborhood watch guy to protect them and their homes got a flashlight and peeked out to see what was really going on when they heard George yelling for help? :?

His lawyers said he yelled for at least 45 second before he felt the need to defend himself from the beating he was taking from the CHILD sitting on him. 45 second is a long time when you don't know if the next blow to the head is going to be the one to finish you off. AND as it was proven four minutes is a very long time that the poor innocent scared Child could have used to GO HOME and get out of all the danger but he DID NOT DO IT.

I wish they could do something to stop the race baiters from making this issue even worse. To listen to Al Sharpton today, you would think it is now open season on every black child walking down the street due to the Not Guilty verdict in this case. He just can't seem to get it through that thick head of his that Zimmerman would have never shot Trayvon if Trayvon had not attacked him. Following a person acting strange in your community is not illegal but attacking and beating the person following you because you don't like his skin color is.

Pretty certain that he knows the truth. Like a defense attorney, they know but still put on a good show. The difference is there is purpose to a defense, without it, justice cannot be carried out.

The racists add nothing positive.
 
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