Originally Posted By: Pariah
I saw that juror's interview. She clearly didn't understand the distinction between "killing" and "murder" since she said she wanted to lock him away based solely on the fact that Zimmerman shot him.

But still, she's to be commended for putting her personal bias and reactionary feelings aside for the sake of following the parameters put down by the court.

 Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
"But we had to grab our hearts and put it aside and look at the evidence."


And they did.


I think she understands the difference but what she ran into was the reasonable doubt standard jurors are instructed to follow. This seems to confuse people from both sides but you can actually think somebody is probably guilty but because of the high standard you really have no choice in your verdict if it doesn't reach that high bar of evidence. OJ was also found not guilty as have many others that probably were guilty but it just couldn't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. I feel bad for those jurors because it couldn't have felt good rendering that not guilty verdict.

Fair play!