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a man whose heart was in the right place but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods and want to catch these people that he went above what he should have done but i think his heart was in the right place. it just went terribly wrong. heart in the right place. just went terribly wrong. that was juror number b-37 on cnn giving more insight into how the jury reached a not guilty verdict for george zimmerman. joining me is marshall hennington a jury consultant and founder of hennington and associates and joining the conversation is wendy murphy, a former prosecutor. now we are getting this insight into this juror, this one juror, b-37. your expertise is in picking juries. you say she didn t think race played a role in this. how do you react to that? does it make sense to you that
gun walking home with snacks who was killed because someone thought he looked suspicious. faith jenkins, kendall coffey and dr. marshall hennington, thank you all for your time tonight. thank you. and in full disclosure, in civil court, george zimmerman has sued nbcuniversal for defamation, and the company has strongly denied his allegations. ahead, more on that emotional speech from trayvon martin s family today. we ll find out what the family is thinking after day one. the lawyer for the martin family joins us next. and 50 years after the equal pay act, the gop wants to turn back the clock. but president obama won t let it happen. and the debate over security should be had, but some on the right are using it for ugly attacks on the president. and keep those e-mails rolling in. i m responding tonight. stay with us. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually
god s arms. we ask that you continue to pray for trayvon and our family. thank you. a fair and impartial trial. that s all anyone has ever wanted in this case. today marks a new turn in a long road toward justice. joining me now is former prosecutor faith jenkins, former u.s. attorney kendall coffey, now msnbc legal analyst, and dr. marshall hennington, a nationally recognized trial and jury consultant. thank you all for being here. thank you for having us. faith, let me start with you. how important is jury selection? and can a trial be won or lost here before attorneys even make their opening statements? in this case, i think both sides realize jury selection is all important. this is not an easy case for the state there is not a lot of direct evidence. you don t have a bunch of eyewitnesses lined up to take the witness stand. they know they re facing very challenging circumstances here.