Posted on 06/20/2013 1:34:23 PM PDT by k4gypsyrose
A jury of six women, five of them white and the other a minority, was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in self-defense.
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“Twelve persons shall constitute a jury to try all capital cases, and 6 persons shall constitute a jury to try all other criminal cases.”
Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 3.270
B-29: A Hispanic nurse on an Alzheimer's ward who has several children and lived in Chicago at the time of shooting. She’s married. She said she doesn't watch the news, preferring reality television: “Right when we got here, I got cable... I love my reality shows.” During jury selection, she said she was arrested once in Chicago.
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.” Has been married 30 years, and is unemployed. She formerly worked with her husband in his construction company. Her 28-year-old son is an attorney in Seminole County. She also has a daughter, 26, has been a victim of non-violent crime and rescues “a lot of pets.” The state tried to strike her, but was denied.
B-37: A middle-aged white woman who has worked for a chiropractor for 16 years and has many pets. She described protests in Sanford as “rioting.” Her husband is an attorney. She has two daughters: A 24-year-old dog groomer and a 27-year-old who attends the University of Central Florida. She used to have concealed weapons permit, but let it lapse. Her husband also has one.
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.” She has been in Seminole County for nine years, is unmarried and has no kids. She previously lived in Atlanta, and used to work in real estate. She also ran a call center in Brevard County which she said had 1,200 employees.
E-6: A young white woman and mother who used to work in financial services. She used this case as an example to her two adolescent children, warning them to not go out at night. She has lived in Seminole County for eight years, and is married to an engineer. She was arrested in Brevard County, but said she “was treated completely fairly.” Her husband has guns. The state tried to strike her from the jury, but was denied.
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. She described herself as a safety officer, is married to a chemical engineer and loves football. She has a 28-year-old son who’s out of work. She said she’s very well versed in cell phone technology, and has been a victim of crime.
These are the alternates:
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. He loves golf and genealogy, and said he’s been married for five years to a technical engineer. He grew up in Seminole County and has a teenage stepson.
B-72: A young, possibly Hispanic man who does maintenance at a school and competes in arm wrestling tournaments. He said he avoids the news because he does not want to be “brainwashed.” He grew up in Chicago, is single and an alumni of Phi Beta Kappa. He is very physically active, having participated in high school football, track and weightlifting. Of arm-wrestling he said, “I could talk about it all day.”
E-13: A young white woman who goes to college and works two jobs, one of them as a surgical assistant. She heard the shooting was a “racial thing.” She said she could be a fair juror “just because I don't really know that much.” She is single, has lived in Seminole County for 17 years and attends church. She also owns and rides horses.
E-28: A middle-aged white woman who has worked as a nurse for 26 years. She knew little about the case and has no opinion about Zimmerman's guilt. She has lived in Seminole County since 1985, and has been married for 28 years; her husband is a teacher. She has two adult children: 27 and 23.
>> The make up of the jury gives both sides an excellent reason for an appeal.
I don’t think the prosecution can appeal an acquittal, can they?
Double jeopardy and all that.
Meant to include you in post 82
>> A jury of six women, five of them white and the other a minority... Could be black, Hispanic, Asian, martian?
Or maybe just that rare one in a thousand who knows how to work a toilet seat.
:-) :-) :-)
I listened to O’Mara giving his voir dire this morning and he was outstanding.
The state afterward tried to get as many of these white middle age women excluded as possible to get to their two black female stealth jurors — but no such luck and when they got there O’Mara had the goods on them and they were struck for cause.
Interestingly the state struck the only black man in the mix and the defense struck the only white man in the mix.
Also the alternates of two men and two women will sit with the six jurors and will participate as jurors without them or any of the others knowing that they are just alternates until deliberation.
Seeing how hard the state worked to get to the two black stealth jurors and get them on the jury, I think the state is in trouble. Their hopes of a hung jury may have gone out the window today.
Thanks!!! Adds some light to the ample heat on this thread.
That doesn’t sound so bad for Zimmermann.
Thank you. Yeah, that looks like a fairly reasonable distribution. CCW holders themselves or spouses. Managers. Mostly currently married.
Picking a jury is a bit like picking what card to play…it’s all about exercising your memory on what has gone on before, using some gut instinct and playing what you think the odds are. It would appear that those who have commented see it one way as far playing the odds….you are seeing it another way. Nothing unusual with that…. everyone sees the odds in game of cards a bit differently. Tell me…. Let’s say you were charged like Zimmerman and you could pick your own jury by walking down the street and select random people (people who are not your friends/associates but also not people who are at the exit of the Oprah show or the The View). Do you think that the odds of winning are more in your favour with 6 random women? If so, why?
I thought the left would have aborted themselves out of existence by now; I guess I was wrong.
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Other than the Hispanic nurse who is obsessed with reality TV sounds like a pretty good pick of jurors
I looovve these jurors. They’re educated, mostly married, solid and established people with lawyers, gun owners and other educated family members.
Not all that crazy about the nurse from Chicago, but overall... looks good.
Zimmy better wear his Algore Rolling Stone pants.
Is this trial going to be televised? If so, when are opening statements set to begin?
i would hardly contend it’s a jury of his peers. there ought to be at least half men on the jury.
Women think with their hearts. Extremely emotional, revengefull and lack the logic necessary. Poor GZ. I saw a trial where the entire jury were women. An attorney that ealked in at the last minute said the guy was screwed. He was right. Women say one thing but mean another. The reason no men were chosen is because they were honest. Women will do whst it takes to get on. They love the attention and the gossip that will come afterwards.
Good to know self defense is still not a capital crime.
Good to know self defense is still not a capital crime.
>>Women? Zimmerman is screwed.<<
Well, O’Mara sure seemed to like having white women on the jury. He protested to the judge that BDLR’s first 4 strikes were against White women. The judge then disallowed 2 of the strikes.
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