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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 complaining from the onset that the jury didn't have more minority representation. but when you have a county that's only 11% african-american and 30% of that comes from sanford, the odd of getting an african-american on that jury were very slim to begin with. so now we have this cultural
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 attorney. >> good morning, everybody, good morning, chris. >> let's start with what is not stand your ground, the george zimmerman trial, was it decided on the basis of stand your ground? >> a little bit of a complex question. the defense did not mount a stand your ground hearing which
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, in our pop four. [ male announcer ] this summer,
now, that the spot light is on her and casey might get a million dollar whatever deal now she shows up. it is distasteful. >> judge jeanine: not only distasteful but at the end of the day she can sue and if she wins what are her damages? >> none. people say in a civil case there is liability and then there is damages. let's say she wins on liability and prove that casey did cause the disappearance of caylee. what is your damages? how heart broken are you, grandma, because you haven't seen the granddaughter. >> judge jeanine: i have to live with the fact that i wasn't able to meet my granddaughter that was alive for three years and i never saw her. the d.a. is suing for the cost of the investigation, mark. have you ever seen a case where you actually recover from a defendant for the costs of an investigation? >> i have never seen or heard of it but certainly there has been all kinds of new
into play. right now we are behind representative plakin and diaz in miami, the coauthors of it for the state of florida. and then whatever federal version comes into play we just have to wait and see. >> judge jeanine: mark, thanks so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you very much. >> judge jeanine: and up next, will casey anthony rake in a fortune or will public outrage scare off her immediateddia suitors? and a young boy loses his way and asks a strange for help. what happens next shocks even the police. we have the latest details. fo.
saying that one of your volunteers was in contact with jose baez and as a result of her contacting him which is unusual i assume for a volunteer. is that correct? >> right, that's correct. that's correct. >> judge jeanine: mark, the prosecutors are saying that they are not going to prosecute cindy for perjury but now are going after witness tampering. isn't that tough to prove, mark fuhrman? >> i don't think it will be productive to go after cindy anthony. maybe part of her participation in the chloroform searches, what her claim was actually derailed the prosecution's case, especially for premeditation. they could go after her. i think they have had enough of this case. prosecuting a mother is going to be tough. >> judge jeanine: and they have already said that they are not going. i'm going to go last to you, arthur. defamation by zenaida gonzalez against casey, does she win?
>> how about cindy, how does she feel? >> same thing. she wanted to go see casey last friday and was rebuked either by her attorney or by casey herself. since then she hasn't made any other effort to try and see her because she knows that from casey's attorney jose that casey won't be seeing her. >> i got to tell you, mark, look. she accused her father of molesting her every morning before she got on the bus before she went to school. how does george anthony not feel like he doesn't want to see this kid again for the rest of h her life anyway? >> well, you know, we -- that never actually came from casey in the trial. and certainly there has never been any evidenced from it. until we hear from casey herself george is basically reserving giving any thought about that right now. he is upset about the comments but doesn't know exactly where they came from. >> i think it is kind of interesting. you think that baez made that
the report and i have seen these reports, very well done but you and your organization that i have tremendous respect for. but she is saying she was where the body was little caylee was found and there was no smell, no body, no water a few months before and implication is that someone from the defense team coached her. what can you tell us about this volunteer on texas equisearch? >> i'm hearing the same thing. that is part of the police investigation. where it goes and her name is laura buchanan and when she came down from i believe it was tennessee she said that she was with law enforcement and she came down to help and but i know that she was e-mailing mark nejames my attorney in florida prior to coming down seeing how she could contact the anthonys. and it was real strange that she went to jose baez with this paperwork. and she definitely -- no question. >> judge jeanine: you are
the report and i have seen these reports, very well done but you and your organization that i have tremendous respect for. but she is saying she was where the body was little caylee was found and there was no smell, no body, no water a few months before and implication is that someone from the defense team coached her. what can you tell us about this volunteer on texas equisearch? >> i'm hearing the same thing. that is part of the police investigation. where it goes and her name is laura buchanan and when she came down from i believe it was tennessee she said that she was with law enforcement and she came down to help and but i know that she was e-mailing mark nejames my attorney in florida prior to coming down seeing how she could contact the anthonys. and it was real strange that she went to jose baez with this paperwork. and she definitely -- no question. >> judge jeanine: you are