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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 there's no question that there's 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. there was just not enough to carry the day. >> mark, go ahead, wrap this up. >> i agree. i was complai...

Partner is speaking out about it all. >> he's a horny, middle-aged man. >> a second juror in the george zimmerman trial breaking her silence and showing her face but not revealing anything more than a first name in fear of her safety. and the only minority on the panel says she was a holdout juror that favored second degree murder but in the end the evidence wasn't there to convict and she's wrestling with whether she made the right decision. let's bring in our legal panel, jeanne casarez, mark nejames.

The stand your life. >> when he threatened to kill me i felt that's what he was going to do. >> reporter: her trial attorney told cnn "she had a legitimate self-defense claim based on the history of abuse at the hands of her spouse." her husband had been arrested on abuse charges and received probation for an earlier probation. "i begged and pleaded for my life when she had the gun" he testified. alexandra's motion for bond pending appeal has been denied. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >> our thanks to john for that. let's talk more about the case and bring in mark nejames, cnn analyst and defense...

Rights and got 20 years. when you're the mother of three and three years of your life, it doesn't sound like a birthday party. >> speaks about how race factors into it, she gets offered a deal. would it have happened if she was white. mark thank you for laying out the law. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> what a harsh sentence in that case. kate? coming up next on "new day" every move you make, every item you look at tracked by some of your retail stores. why some customers say the snooping has gone too far. >> and stacy keibler talking about her breakup with george clooney. what she's saying...

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