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romantico

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Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:26 PM

Jul 2013

This case WAS about racism, despite what the defense and the Zimmerman fans say. You could hear Zimmerman make racial slurs on the 911 tape. So, I believe at if there was at least one African American who heard that it would have made them see things differently.

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I Was Bothered There Was Not At Least One African American on the Jury [View all] romantico Jul 2013 OP

I was bothered there were not 12 people on the jury frazzled Jul 2013 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #8

It ** was ** a "death penalty" case - Trayvon did get the death penalty, ya know? MH1 Jul 2013 #10

I romantico Jul 2013 #13

That's Florida law, not everywhere frazzled Jul 2013 #11

Yes, there should have been at least one. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #2

I agree, in a case like this treestar Jul 2013 #3

Do you feel like you could fairly decide a case where the victim had a different race from you? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #4

Hello: the jurors had a different race from the victim ... frazzled Jul 2013 #12

How about you? Would you be capable of looking beyond the race of the victim, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #14

or a man Skittles Jul 2013 #5

I blame the prosecution and especially the cops for a lot. Blackford Jul 2013 #6

This romantico Jul 2013 #7

I wasn't really ... FarPoint Jul 2013 #9

I agree and knew that at that point the defense gopiscrap Jul 2013 #15

And IF just one juror had not voted guilty and the jury was hung there would have been a new trial Tx4obama Jul 2013 #16

I heard it explained that a jury is of one's peers, which means people in the community. Honeycombe8 Jul 2013 #17