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Because if they believed just that, then they have to acquit. >> i absolutely think it would have been different especially because we know that they asked for this clarification on maun slaughter and they didnt really get it so he were struggling with the law. >> at the end we have this blank period of time where the actual encounter between the two individuals takes place and its just not there. the evidence wasnt there as to what precisely happened. thats of course reasonable doubt. its very ...

This morning on "world news now" -- an abc news exclusive. a juror in the george zimmerman case says he got away with murder but she is standing by her decision to acquit. >> close call for a trooper on a traffic stop caught on camera. what the officer says saved his life. >> plus a blast from the past. house flipping is back and prices are on the rise. there is money to be made out there and how to make it and what pitfalls to avoid. >> in "the skinny," the latest chapter in the bizarre saga of...

And at the end of the day, hes going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. the law couldnt prove it, but, you know, the world goes in circles. >> benjamin, your clients, trayvon martins parents, do they agree with that? >> well, they have always maintained, wolf, that since this verdict was handed down, that the killer of their unarmed child got away with murder. >> they always believed that. what about her point, though, she believes he got away with murder, but given the ...

>> they always believed that. what about her point, though, she believes he got away with murder, but given the instructions to the jury, what she had to deal with as far as evidence, benjamin, she had no choice but to acquit. >> well, thats an important to note. this is the second juror that has said these instructions were very confusing to them and she believes that it got her to the wrong verdict. and i think it was her first thought to convict him of second degree murder. thats important. t...

Just wonder why this is being done now. is this to counteract the first juror or is this to dissuade guilt from herself. im not sure why we are seeing these jurors here and now. >> lisa, this woman says she believes this man is guilty and voted to acquit. does that mark a success of the justice system in that people are really obeying the letter of the law when they are considering these cases in deliberations or is this a failure of the justice system that someone can believe an individual is g...

This morning on "world news now" -- an abc news exclusive. a juror in the george zimmerman case says he got away with murder but she is standing by her decision to acquit. >> close call for a trooper on a traffic stop caught on camera. what the officer says saved his life. >> plus a blast from the past. house flipping is back and prices are on the rise. there is money to be made out there and how to make it and what pitfalls to avoid. >> in "the skinny," the latest chapter in the bizarre saga of...

Three to convict and through to acquit. one who we wanted to find second degree murder. we talked a lot about the racial make-up of this jury. can you see how important it is. in this case theres no question that theres huge racial disparity in terms of the way people viewed this case from the beginning. and the fact that there were so few minority faces on that jury, you can see how it played out now in terms of the one they voted. ultimately there was only one minority voice on that jury. ther...

God bless. juror b-37. want to bring back jeff gold joining us now. curious your thoughts when you hear that statement. >> well, first of all, i agree with it 100%. i attended the trial, and i dont think anyone who attended the trial could not sympathize with na juror. i dont see how in the world anybody who was there could have done anything under the law but acquit. what shes doing, of course, is responding, there was a statement earlier by four other jurors, sort of distancing themselves from...

♪ two big interviews with two key players in the zimmerman trial. first up, the juror known at b 37. explaining why she voted to acquit. listen. >> 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. >> we also heard the first time sinc...

The -- >> they absolutely did not. they had a right to do it during the trial even though they waived the stand your ground. where it did come in were in two places. one, george zimmermans knowledge of stand your ground when he gave his story to police. his understanding of it as a defense for himself. the police departments use of it as a reason not to arrest him. third and most bizarrely, this juror whos now come out and spoken and she apparently used -- >> used the phrase. >> she used the phr...