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Did George Zimmerman Get Away With Murder?
The media are reporting that a juror says Zimmerman is guilty of murder. That’s not true.
Did George Zimmerman get away with murder? No. Juror B29 is being framed. - Slate Magazine
The media are reporting that a juror says Zimmerman is guilty of murder. That’s not true.
By William Saletan|Posted Friday, July 26, 2013, at 1:27 PM
Did George Zimmerman get away with murder? That’s what one of his jurors says, according to headlines in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other newspapers. Trayvon Martin’s mother and the Martin family’s attorney are trumpeting this “new information” as proof that “George Zimmerman literally got away with murder.”
The reports are based on an ABC News interview with Juror B29, the sole nonwhite juror. She has identified herself only by her first name, Maddy. She’s been framed as the woman who was bullied out of voting to convict Zimmerman. But that’s not true. She stands by the verdict. She yielded to the evidence and the law, not to bullying. She thinks Zimmerman was morally culpable but not legally guilty. And she wants us to distinguish between this trial and larger questions of race and justice.
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1. The phrase “got away with murder” was put in her mouth.
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2. She stands by the verdict.
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3. She thinks the case should never have gone to trial.
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4. The jury was not ethnically divided on Zimmerman’s culpability.
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5. Race wasn’t discussed, and she didn’t focus on it.
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6. She was no pushover in the jury room.
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7. To the extent she feels racial or ethnic pressure, it’s against Zimmerman.
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8. Acquittal is not personal—or national—exoneration.
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The reports are based on an ABC News interview with Juror B29, the sole nonwhite juror. She has identified herself only by her first name, Maddy. She’s been framed as the woman who was bullied out of voting to convict Zimmerman. But that’s not true. She stands by the verdict. She yielded to the evidence and the law, not to bullying. She thinks Zimmerman was morally culpable but not legally guilty. And she wants us to distinguish between this trial and larger questions of race and justice.
[...]
1. The phrase “got away with murder” was put in her mouth.
[...]
2. She stands by the verdict.
[...]
3. She thinks the case should never have gone to trial.
[...]
4. The jury was not ethnically divided on Zimmerman’s culpability.
[...]
5. Race wasn’t discussed, and she didn’t focus on it.
[...]
6. She was no pushover in the jury room.
[...]
7. To the extent she feels racial or ethnic pressure, it’s against Zimmerman.
[...]
8. Acquittal is not personal—or national—exoneration.
[...]
Did George Zimmerman get away with murder? No. Juror B29 is being framed. - Slate Magazine
I still think she was a stealth Juror.