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COOPER: What did you think of George Zimmerman?
JUROR: I think George Zimmerman is a man whose heart was in the right place, but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods, and wanting to catch these people so badly, that he went above and beyond what he really should have done. But I think his heart was in the right place. It just went terribly wrong.
COOPER: Do you think he's guilty of something?
JUROR: I think he's guilty of not using good judgment. When he was in the car and he called 911, he shouldn't have gotten out of that car. But the 911 operator also, when he was talking to him, kind of egged him on. I don't know if it's their policy to tell them what to do, not to get out of the car, to stay in their car. But I think he should have said, stay in your car, not can you see where he's gone.
here is a interesting quote from the transcript
COOPER: Because of the two options you had, second degree murder or manslaughter, you felt neither applied?
JUROR: Right. Because of the heat of the moment and the Stand Your Ground. He had a right to defend himself. If he felt threatened that his life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have bodily harm, he had a right.
and another from the same transcript
Thank you very much for this. Fascinating.
I'm assuming you're trying to say that she didn't follow the law because she said "Stand Your Ground". But maybe you fail to realize that the words "stand his ground" were IN the jury directions.
But Zimmerman attorneys did not use the "stand your ground" law as part of their clients defense.
But Zimmerman attorneys did not use the "stand your ground" law as part of their clients defense.