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2theleft

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11. one person CAN make a difference...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:28 PM

Jul 2013

Seems we sometimes forget this when things seem too big to impact.

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Here�s The Story Of The Twitter Hero Who Single-Handedly Killed Zimmerman Juror B37 Book Deal [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

KR will read later. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1

A glimmer of hope that not all people suck!!! dorkzilla Jul 2013 #2

Amen! n/t smartalek Jul 2013 #60

The power of a tweet ! Instant knockdown! lunasun Jul 2013 #3

It is obvious from this example and the O.J. exboyfil Jul 2013 #4

Absolutely not! Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #10

I totally agree with Jackpine.... our system isn't perfect but it's what we've got groundloop Jul 2013 #23

Will probably not work in high profile cases exboyfil Jul 2013 #25

That's a good point. LWolf Jul 2013 #63

As the old saying goes, "Bad cases make bad law." Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #64

hopefully you meant the Rodney King jury olddots Jul 2013 #53

That one too exboyfil Jul 2013 #55

My husband always says that Rainforestgoddess Jul 2013 #84

I really think that there needs to be a system laundry_queen Jul 2013 #90

I have a buddy who is a now retired Public Defender. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2013 #94

this whole thing stinks warrior1 Jul 2013 #5

She was sequestered but she wants to include her husband's perspective? HangOnKids Jul 2013 #13

I read somewhere that her husband has some connection to either west or o'mara or both Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #27

Thank you MoreAnd Again konnie Jul 2013 #6

She and her husband? Who the f*ck cares about her husband. He was not a juror. STINKS KittyWampus Jul 2013 #7

Countdown to the first Zimmerman apologist jumping in bullwinkle428 Jul 2013 #8

I was confronted with billh58 Jul 2013 #12

I'm pretty sure I can guess who may have posted that. Moses2SandyKoufax Jul 2013 #48

Why does one have to be a "Zimmerman apologist..." RevStPatrick Jul 2013 #15

And it's our free speech right to tell her, her agent, and her publisher that the idea sucks wryter2000 Jul 2013 #18

One would have to be an idiotic Zimmerman defender to believe that the consequences of the free mark LanternWaste Jul 2013 #20

You are 100% correct. The woman will probably still write the book and find a publisher later. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2013 #28

If that juror, or any other, does write a book, the publisher will be *Regnery* smartalek Jul 2013 #62

Free speech rights have *nothing* to do with signing a book deal. The tblue37 Jul 2013 #29

+1 eggplant Jul 2013 #36

She can self publish if she wants. She can start a blog. Her rights are not infringed. Mass Jul 2013 #39

The Government is NOT interfering with anyone's Free Speech MagickMuffin Jul 2013 #54

nobody's stopping her from exercising her free speech rights barbtries Jul 2013 #59

Not if she made the deal before the trial was over lolly Jul 2013 #75

I don't think any juror should profit from their service Chemisse Jul 2013 #81

How is the government interfering with her free speech rights? The 1st bullwinkle428 Jul 2013 #85

She is, indeed, free to pursue it, liberalhistorian Jul 2013 #89

K&R nt avebury Jul 2013 #9

one person CAN make a difference... 2theleft Jul 2013 #11

I think they should have let her write the book tofuandbeer Jul 2013 #14

I question the juror's published statement LukeFL Jul 2013 #16

I thought the same.... PsychGrad Jul 2013 #21

I thought the same thing. PR firm wrote that. yardwork Jul 2013 #51

WOW. Just WOW! People power trumps all. calimary Jul 2013 #17

Here is another link to the various tweets. gvstn Jul 2013 #19

K & R SunSeeker Jul 2013 #22

K&R Hubert Flottz Jul 2013 #24

Happy to see this. Thanks. nt ancianita Jul 2013 #26

Sometimes arm twisting is the only way to get anything done marshall Jul 2013 #30

All hail killer tweeter @MoreandAgain!!! PufPuf23 Jul 2013 #31

I'm sure the agent's phone was also ringing off the hook as well frazzled Jul 2013 #32

K&R...Thanks Playinghardball for posting this. red dog 1 Jul 2013 #33

How in the world this woman got on that jury is hard to understand. ReRe Jul 2013 #34

the question to me is how did she get on the jury when her lawyer husband is a friend of the HiPointDem Jul 2013 #38

Dead on "Conflict of Interest" to anyone with half a brain.... ReRe Jul 2013 #41

Here's how that woman got on that jury. red dog 1 Jul 2013 #43

You're right... ReRe Jul 2013 #44

It's not too late for Eric Holder to do the right thing and prosecute Zimmerman red dog 1 Jul 2013 #45

Yes, I know that... ReRe Jul 2013 #46

And don't forget what happened to O.J. Simpson after he was aquitted. red dog 1 Jul 2013 #50

Yes, GZ's days as a free man running around with a gun are going to end, none to soon. ReRe Jul 2013 #52

and simpson has paid virtually NONE of that money. just because someone receives a judgment niyad Jul 2013 #68

March 26, 1997 -- The Court orders Simpson to turn over his assets.... red dog 1 Jul 2013 #76

oh yeah, that book was a best-seller niyad Jul 2013 #86

"Virtually none"?..I don't think so. How about the Andy Warhol painting? red dog 1 Jul 2013 #87

as far as the warhol, we would have to know which one, would we not? there is a difference niyad Jul 2013 #92

I never said Simpson paid the verdict. red dog 1 Jul 2013 #93

I think it's a jury of Zimmers peers. WCLinolVir Jul 2013 #66

I heard someone say tonight... ReRe Jul 2013 #72

It was not supposed to be a jury of Trayvon's peers. Chef Eric Jul 2013 #80

You're right. ReRe Jul 2013 #88

Caution!!! JimboBillyBubbaBob Jul 2013 #35

Watch out for the movie deal! They don't give a hoot about who they make wealthy. nt kelliekat44 Jul 2013 #42

The 2nd half of Cooper's interview with Juror B37.... ReRe Jul 2013 #47

the jury was sequestered--she did not go home at night during the trial. niyad Jul 2013 #91

She keeps talking about her Husband . i don't think she was honest with how aware JI7 Jul 2013 #37

If Zimmerman was found guilty, would the book still be offensive? nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #40

Because I strongly disagree with the jury's decision (i.e. they blew it) I was offended ... Kennah Jul 2013 #49

Exactly. This case shows how repugnant it can be. Chemisse Jul 2013 #82

I will buy her book BigD_95 Jul 2013 #56

fuck that shit. this idiot has already proven she didn't pay attention.. frylock Jul 2013 #57

You have some word salad going Caretha Jul 2013 #65

Ha ha ha. The court system doesn't prove our guilt or innocence. WCLinolVir Jul 2013 #69

R#160 & K n/t UTUSN Jul 2013 #58

She did not 'have a deal with a publishing company', she signed with a literary agent.... PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #61

Way to go! Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #67

WOW! So glad to see all of this! So Grateful to MoreandAgain! Cha Jul 2013 #70

K&R. I would have never known without your OP. David Zephyr Jul 2013 #71

@MoreAndAgain ROCKS!!!! DesertDiamond Jul 2013 #73

+100 Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #74

Good! obama2terms Jul 2013 #77

Great! This opens the door for Lucianne Goldberg to bottom-feed Juror B37 and snurk her up. NBachers Jul 2013 #78

Never doubt avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #79

Merely means a change of publisher is all. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #83