07-15-2013, 09:18 PM
Well, that was an interesting interview with juror B37.
She's the one writing a book with her husband (a lawyer) about the experience. She says it's not for profit. She kept her identity hidden during the interview.
Anyway, according to her, the jury listened to all of the tapes of interviews after the initial vote was so split.
Next, they reviewed the laws in the jury instructions, which they found very confusing.
At that point, the jury wanted to ask the judge about whether they could consider bad decisions George made leading up to the altercation and if those could be applied to Manslaughter; a couple of jurors thought he should be held accountable for something. They ultimately determined that the decision had to be made based on what happened during the altercation only.
Finally, the verdict was decided based on their unanimous belief that George was in fear for his life when he pulled the trigger and that the law therefore made the shooting self-defense and justified.
B37, to me, seemed very pro-defense; she didn't believe George was a wanna-be cop, he just went too far, Trayvon threw the first punch, both men should have walked away... Doesn't seem like all of the women agreed with those beliefs - just my inference from her answers to some questions. She said 5 of 6 jurors believed that it was George screaming. She said the parents of George and Trayvon cancelled each other out in her mind.
B37 thinks Zimmerman has learned his lesson and would be a good NW person now. She feels sorry for both Zimmerman and Martin. She didn't think race was a factor in the incident at all and it was never discussed by the jury. She thinks George would have responded the same to any strange person wandering in the dark between houses.
She's the one writing a book with her husband (a lawyer) about the experience. She says it's not for profit. She kept her identity hidden during the interview.
Anyway, according to her, the jury listened to all of the tapes of interviews after the initial vote was so split.
Next, they reviewed the laws in the jury instructions, which they found very confusing.
At that point, the jury wanted to ask the judge about whether they could consider bad decisions George made leading up to the altercation and if those could be applied to Manslaughter; a couple of jurors thought he should be held accountable for something. They ultimately determined that the decision had to be made based on what happened during the altercation only.
Finally, the verdict was decided based on their unanimous belief that George was in fear for his life when he pulled the trigger and that the law therefore made the shooting self-defense and justified.
B37, to me, seemed very pro-defense; she didn't believe George was a wanna-be cop, he just went too far, Trayvon threw the first punch, both men should have walked away... Doesn't seem like all of the women agreed with those beliefs - just my inference from her answers to some questions. She said 5 of 6 jurors believed that it was George screaming. She said the parents of George and Trayvon cancelled each other out in her mind.
B37 thinks Zimmerman has learned his lesson and would be a good NW person now. She feels sorry for both Zimmerman and Martin. She didn't think race was a factor in the incident at all and it was never discussed by the jury. She thinks George would have responded the same to any strange person wandering in the dark between houses.