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Zimmerman juror: Half of us at first voted to convict
CBS ^ | July 16, 2013, 4:57 AM

Posted on 07/17/2013 10:48:22 AM PDT by chessplayer

Three jurors in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial initially favored convicting him of that offense or manslaughter, but the six-woman jury ultimately voted to acquit him after more closely examining the law, a juror in the case said Monday.

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And despite one juror being Hispanic or black-Hispanic, some media outlets are still claiming the jury was all white. What the hell. Any race/ethnic group in this country that isn't black is now automatically considered white?
1 posted on 07/17/2013 10:48:22 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

I was waiting for them to run with this.


2 posted on 07/17/2013 10:49:25 AM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: chessplayer

They did the right thing and didn’t let their emotions rule. A 20 hour deliberation is not bad at all. The law and the facts were clear.


3 posted on 07/17/2013 10:50:54 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: chessplayer
Isn't that what jury deliberations are all about?

People coming in with different perceptions and coming to a consensus?

I thought "consensus" was sacred?

4 posted on 07/17/2013 10:51:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: chessplayer
some media outlets are still claiming the jury was all white. What the hell.

The new rule is that Hispanics are still Hispanic when it comes to voting, but they're White when it comes to trials.

-PJ

5 posted on 07/17/2013 10:51:29 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: chessplayer

Shows the prosecution had some success with their emotional plea, despite having no facts or evidence. Sadly, half the country falls easily for emotional ploys all the time.


6 posted on 07/17/2013 10:51:30 AM PDT by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
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To: chessplayer; Charles Henrickson

A jury foreman who starts deliberation with a vote should not be foreman.

As evidenced, at least half will vote to “go home as soon as possible”.

Kinda like a synodical convention.


7 posted on 07/17/2013 10:51:32 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: chessplayer

after more closely examining the law...something the MSM refuses to do


8 posted on 07/17/2013 10:52:23 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Williams

Tainted jury alert, now what, we need a seance with Trayvon.


9 posted on 07/17/2013 10:52:33 AM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

We all voted for Swope. We each thought nobody else would.


10 posted on 07/17/2013 10:53:03 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: chessplayer

White women will now be hunted down, raped then beaten to death in the streets...


11 posted on 07/17/2013 10:54:03 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: chessplayer

This news will very probably embolden Attorney Corporal Holder in his effort to subject GZ to double jeopardy.


12 posted on 07/17/2013 10:54:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: chessplayer

Persecution/Emotion vs. Defense/provable facts. Glad they finally chose the facts.


13 posted on 07/17/2013 10:55:01 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: Doogle

Sounds like they only voted correctly due to the technical requirements of the law. Doesn’t say much for them that they were so bad at evaluating the evidence itself.


14 posted on 07/17/2013 10:57:13 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
"A jury foreman who starts deliberation with a vote should not be foreman."

What's wrong with starting with a vote? wouldn't that be one way to know where everyone stands and where to focus?

(I've never been a jurist)

15 posted on 07/17/2013 10:58:29 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: ilgipper

Shows the prosecution had some success with their emotional plea, despite having no facts or evidence. Sadly, half the country falls easily for emotional ploys all the time.


It is the food of the court of public opinion. However, it is normal for jurors to enter the deliberation with that same emotional response while the more logical ones will easily bring them down to earth, and up to logic. And there are women who can brush the fog of emothion away long enough to remind themselves that their duty, as jurors, is to use logic and the law and not “feelings” to decide cases. Feelings matter, especially when trying to discern who is lying when all other evidence fails to resolve it, but it is a last resort and should not really be a deciding factor.


16 posted on 07/17/2013 10:58:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: chessplayer

That was the emotional part of the decision that many of the pundits and the prosecution were hoping for.


17 posted on 07/17/2013 10:59:17 AM PDT by kempster
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To: ilgipper
"Shows the prosecution had some success with their emotional plea, despite having no facts or evidence. Sadly, half the country falls easily for emotional ploys all the time."

That's really scary. To me it was cut and dried. The prosecution didn't prove anything except to confirm elements of the self defense claim.

18 posted on 07/17/2013 10:59:24 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: chessplayer

This is the new meme the left and race pimps are running with to delegitimize the verdict.


19 posted on 07/17/2013 10:59:31 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Only in global warming and political scientists community.


20 posted on 07/17/2013 11:03:53 AM PDT by edcoil (Something wonderful is going to happen today!)
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