TM’s death is the best thing that ever happened to Trayvon’s parents and they know it. They can’t believe their good luck.
This juror is a sheep who wants to please. First she was emotionally influenced by the state’s case, then she was emotionally influenced by the other jurors to give up the lone holdout role. Silly putty; a perenially undecided in voter polls who makes her decision on who to vote for based on the last TV ad she saw.
This is one of the main reasons we have juries composed of several people - so that one wimp can’t take away someone’s liberty.
His grieving mother did not even raise him. His stepmother, who the father is no longer with, did until a year ago.