Attorneys and the media made Trayvon Martin look like the villain — as if he had pulled the trigger!
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as nothing but a threat, good for nothing, ... [a mind set] that has birthed a penal system unprecedented in world history.”
Despite the fact that evidence in regard to racial pro filing was not allowed into the trial hearing, the jurors appear to have been undecided or split for a time.
Two weeks after the verdict, the only non-white ju ror (a Latina), spoke from the heart, stating that she felt George Zimmerman “got away with murder.” Juror B29 reported that she had favored convicting Zim merman of second-degree murder when deliberations began. “I was the juror that was going to give them a hung jury,” she explained. But by the second day, she said, she no longer felt evidence given in the trial was sufficient to convict Zimmerman under Florida law.
Angry shouts rang out as soon as news of the acquit tal reached protesters outside the courthouse. Some people wept at the news. The next day, July 14, attor neys for Trayvon’s family expressed gratitude to the