06-16-2013, 09:45 AM
First round juror profiles
Here's are brief profiles of the 30 potential jurors remaining after the first week of questioning. Very diverse. They will return to court on Tuesday.
1 of them was dismissed on Friday, but it's not clear which one. Attorneys are continuing to conduct first round questioning to reach 30 potential jurors. From those 30 selected, attorneys will conduct further questioning in order to narrow it down to 10 final jurors (4 will end up being alternates). This, of course, assumes everything goes as planned with the current jury selection process.
B-35: A middle-aged black man who owns a vending business. He was critical of the Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and says this case is not racial.
B-29: A Hispanic nurse on an Alzheimer's ward who has seven children and lived in Chicago at time of shooting.
B-12: A middle-aged white woman who works the graveyard shift. She likes the crime-forensics show CSI and said she'd heard Zimmerman was following Trayvon.
B-76: A white middle-aged woman who said Zimmerman had an "altercation with the young man. There was a struggle and the gun went off."
B-51: A retired white woman from Oviedo who has a dog and 20-year-old cat. She knew a good deal about the case, but said "I'm not rigid in my thinking."
B-7: A middle-aged white man who listens to NPR. He remembered when Florida implemented its "stand your ground" law and the debate about whether it was needed.
B-37: A middle-aged white woman who works for a chiropractor and has many pets. She described protests in Sanford as "rioting."
B-86: A middle-aged white woman who works at a middle school. She said if Trayvon had not been "expelled" from school in Dade County — he was actually suspended — "this could have been prevented."
B-55: A small, dark-skinned woman who's a business major at college. She had almost no information about the case. "It doesn't concern me."
E-6: A young white woman and mother who used to work in financial services. She used this case as an example to her adolescent children, warning them to not go out at night.
E-40: A white woman in her 60s who lived in Iowa at the time of the shooting. She heard national news reports and recalls the shooting was in a gated community and a teenager was killed.
E-54: A middle-aged white man with a teenage stepson who wears hoodies. He recalled seeing photos of Zimmerman's head and face that show injuries.
E-73: A middle-aged white woman active in Sanford's arts community, who is raising her late brother's 15- and 18-year-old children. The media interjected race in this case, she said.
Here's are brief profiles of the 30 potential jurors remaining after the first week of questioning. Very diverse. They will return to court on Tuesday.
1 of them was dismissed on Friday, but it's not clear which one. Attorneys are continuing to conduct first round questioning to reach 30 potential jurors. From those 30 selected, attorneys will conduct further questioning in order to narrow it down to 10 final jurors (4 will end up being alternates). This, of course, assumes everything goes as planned with the current jury selection process.
B-35: A middle-aged black man who owns a vending business. He was critical of the Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and says this case is not racial.
B-29: A Hispanic nurse on an Alzheimer's ward who has seven children and lived in Chicago at time of shooting.
B-12: A middle-aged white woman who works the graveyard shift. She likes the crime-forensics show CSI and said she'd heard Zimmerman was following Trayvon.
B-76: A white middle-aged woman who said Zimmerman had an "altercation with the young man. There was a struggle and the gun went off."
B-51: A retired white woman from Oviedo who has a dog and 20-year-old cat. She knew a good deal about the case, but said "I'm not rigid in my thinking."
B-7: A middle-aged white man who listens to NPR. He remembered when Florida implemented its "stand your ground" law and the debate about whether it was needed.
B-37: A middle-aged white woman who works for a chiropractor and has many pets. She described protests in Sanford as "rioting."
B-86: A middle-aged white woman who works at a middle school. She said if Trayvon had not been "expelled" from school in Dade County — he was actually suspended — "this could have been prevented."
B-55: A small, dark-skinned woman who's a business major at college. She had almost no information about the case. "It doesn't concern me."
E-6: A young white woman and mother who used to work in financial services. She used this case as an example to her adolescent children, warning them to not go out at night.
E-40: A white woman in her 60s who lived in Iowa at the time of the shooting. She heard national news reports and recalls the shooting was in a gated community and a teenager was killed.
E-54: A middle-aged white man with a teenage stepson who wears hoodies. He recalled seeing photos of Zimmerman's head and face that show injuries.
E-73: A middle-aged white woman active in Sanford's arts community, who is raising her late brother's 15- and 18-year-old children. The media interjected race in this case, she said.