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Exclusive: Juror pushes for new laws following Zimmerman trial
cnn.com ^ | 7/17/13 | Josh Levs. Dana Ford, and Holly Yan

Posted on 07/17/2013 11:34:14 AM PDT by ColdOne

(CNN) -- The woman known as Juror B37 in the George Zimmerman trial released a statement exclusively to CNN Wednesday pushing for new laws.

"My prayers are with all those who have the influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other than 'not guilty' in order to remain within the instructions. No other family should be forced to endure what the Martin family has endured," she wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: jurorb37; zimmerman; zimmermanjury; zimmermanverdict
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To: Uncle Chip

“She may very well have been the lone holdout or the reason that it took so long to reach a verdict.”

See post 55:

She told Anderson Cooper that she was one of the 3 “not guilty” on the first poll. She never wavered during jury deliberations.


81 posted on 07/17/2013 12:27:18 PM PDT by thouworm (Steyn: They let [Stevens] die, and then told lies over his coffin.They did that to one of their own.)
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To: Truth29

Isn’t she the juror who got roasted in the social media for trying to shop a book idea? Maybe she has been outed and now feels threatened if she doesn’t toe the liberal line.


and also the one the other jurors were quick to issue a statement regarding their not supporting her comments


82 posted on 07/17/2013 12:28:19 PM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Sopater

Dollars to donuts it will be called “Trayvon’s Law.”


83 posted on 07/17/2013 12:28:22 PM PDT by 426cuda
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To: Buckeye McFrog
“An option of “guilty, even though you’re not” should be provided for in the law...”

Maybe they can change it to "Not guilty,but a really bad person." so that the libs can feel better, and have grounds of punishing people how have committed no crime, yet offended the sensibilities of the "progressives".

84 posted on 07/17/2013 12:30:21 PM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: ColdOne

Does this “new law” outlaw minors assaulting adults?

OR, Does this “new law” obligate you to be a victim, by making self defense a crime?


85 posted on 07/17/2013 12:34:07 PM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: over3Owithabrain

I think “jury guilt” will be the next new thing the press will come up with to needle former jury members.

Saw an interview by Jake Tapper with Juror Mike Belmessieri (Scott Peterson case) where Tapper asked the juror if he felt “guilty” at the verdict he helped render. He said no, but the intent of Tapper was clear.


86 posted on 07/17/2013 12:35:09 PM PDT by Shugee
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To: cuban leaf

Apparently, that juror is suffering from a sudden and virulent onset of liberal guilt-gender is likely not a factor in her kneejerk reaction.

As a gender, we do not all rely on emotional issues first-most of my friends are men, I work with men, my thinking is more masculine in some respects than many women, and I am self-sufficient by choice. The emotional female label is a bad fit for me, as well as many, many others...


87 posted on 07/17/2013 12:37:10 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Java4Jay
Her CNN interview has brought on the spotlight. She’s been getting threats so now she’s trying to defuse the situation.

She sold her soul to the devil (the Obama administration and their media division, CNN). There's no backing out now, and soon she'll be working full time for them pushing for new laws outlawing self-defense in cases where a black thug is the aggressor (and also a law allowing black thugs to beat/kill creepy-ass crackers for any reason at all).

88 posted on 07/17/2013 12:37:17 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: thouworm
She told Anderson Cooper that she was one of the 3 “not guilty” on the first poll. She never wavered during jury deliberations.

So she says --

I'm questioning a lot of what she has said now

It is entirely possible that while she did initially vote Not Guilty, but then while the others were gravitating to that Not Guilty position, she moved her position in the other direction.

What you are seeing in her activity now is how she was in the jury room and thus why the other 4 spoke out.

89 posted on 07/17/2013 12:46:48 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: SE Mom

Thank you. I will always excuse autocorrect.

I will also skip the meaning of the euphemism “stick to your guns”... Y’all in Florida obviously already know what that means :)

Private message me if you want my family’s autocorrect story...


90 posted on 07/17/2013 12:51:39 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: MrB

“..When people know they can’t find justice in the jury system,
they’ll start taking matters into their own hands...”

actually, you have something there,. Even if the Black community (not all of them) feel they are cheated...the result will be the same..


91 posted on 07/17/2013 12:58:46 PM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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To: Texan5

...gender is likely not a factor in her kneejerk reaction.


I think it is in a general way, as in, “generally speaking, men are taller than women and women usually (but not always) have bigger breasts.”


92 posted on 07/17/2013 1:01:56 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

Yeah, she really has said too much, I don’t need to hear anymore, and I’m not going to listen any further to her or any of the other ones.


93 posted on 07/17/2013 1:03:31 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: jazusamo
jazusamo ~:" That Jasmine, social engineer is a real piece of work:) "

She did her job well !
For example:
Sabrina is almost a sanctified and reverred as Tray*
A struggling single black biological mother
but you never hear of the step-mother who was instrumental in Tray*'s growing up years, when he was a normal teenager
You don't hear of Tray*'s numerous suspensions , that apparently even the parents didn't know about
Suspensions for fighting , backpack with jewelry and burglar tool,possession of drugs in school, etc.,
Dad living with current girlfriend , but minimal supervision as he didn't even miss Tray* until the next day
The fact that tray* was spiraling downward in the last two years , after leaving the step-mothers residence
Peer relationships which include drug usage , "Lean ",or the possibility that Tray* was dealing drugs

The "Social Engineered Package" was working before , during , and even now after the trial
And the package is still working now, although used by "race baiters" , and gun control crowd , and the media

94 posted on 07/17/2013 1:04:35 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: chris37

She is a good source of information about what happened in the jury room. I could not care less about her views on what laws are good or bad. She’s not qualified and, frankly, I have less respect for her opinion on the subject than I do the opinion of anyone I know personally.


95 posted on 07/17/2013 1:06:02 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: TigerClaws

perhaps what is needed is a jury instruction stating a guilty just to compromise is not allowed.


96 posted on 07/17/2013 1:14:40 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: cuban leaf

Yeah, I can agree with the fact that she’s a good source on what happened in there, but being that I am a black and white kind of guy, the only event that occurred in there that matters is that they found him not guilty.

Everything else is just not particularly relevant at this point, and sharing it may only serve to further inflame a raging bonfire.


97 posted on 07/17/2013 1:15:04 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: MrB

all these race baiters KNOW tm was a thug.

the 30 person riot is LA is just gang bangers looking for free stuff.

Al sharpton is so desperate he is looking for a rentamob on saturday.


98 posted on 07/17/2013 1:39:55 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: cuban leaf

If we are speaking generally, allow me a bit of humor-generally speaking, women have less upper body strength than men and men usually (but not always) have bigger cojones...

I was saying that gender has little to do with liberal guilt-the biggest promoters of it are the aforementioned stoneless males...


99 posted on 07/17/2013 1:40:01 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: ColdOne

Let’s see.... the “child” Tayvon Martin’s dad was working on his 3rd marriage. Trayvon has 3 mommies. (Had).


100 posted on 07/17/2013 1:41:15 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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