George Zimmerman Case Summary
Several residents of the Retreat at Twin Lakes development presented some of the most important prosecution testimony in the case, but it seemed to help rather than hurt Zimmerman's defense. Selene Bahadoor testified that she saw the scuffle outside her home and heard a gunshot, where she later saw that Trayvon was shot and lying dead on the ground. Also another eyewitness, Jonathan Good, testified saying that he did see Trayvon fatally struggling to get away from Zimmerman. He also stated that he did not see Trayvon bashing Zimmerman’s head into the concrete. From this statement given it later undermined a key element in Zimmerman’s defense. Judge and Jury:
June 20, ten days after completing jury questionnaires, a six-person, all-female jury was selected for the trial. Five of the selected jurors were white, while one was mixed race, but considered herself Hispanic. Names were not stated due to personal protection reasons. The reason why there was no African American people on the jury was because they did want the decision to be biased.
The presiding judge over the case was Judge Debra Nelson. The Constitution only guarantees a fair cross section of the community in the entire jury pool. Since both men and women were in the larger jury selection group, the ultimate …show more content…
A person should know if they carry a gun instead of a taser then they should understand that they will be facing charges if someone dies. You don’t want to wait a few seconds longer while your neighbors come to break up the scuffle that you’re also facing charges. He chose what he did after he chose to follow and provoke an encounter. On the other hand, a Forensic toxicology determines the cause of death. The Forensic psychologist also help determine the jury for this case. Before the trail started the psychologist should have perform multiple of test to determine if Zimmerman had a mental
June 20, ten days after completing jury questionnaires, a six-person, all-female jury was selected for the trial. Five of the selected jurors were white, while one was mixed race, but considered herself Hispanic. Names were not stated due to personal protection reasons. The reason why there was no African American people on the jury was because they did want the decision to be biased.
The presiding judge over the case was Judge Debra Nelson. The Constitution only guarantees a fair cross section of the community in the entire jury pool. Since both men and women were in the larger jury selection group, the ultimate …show more content…
A person should know if they carry a gun instead of a taser then they should understand that they will be facing charges if someone dies. You don’t want to wait a few seconds longer while your neighbors come to break up the scuffle that you’re also facing charges. He chose what he did after he chose to follow and provoke an encounter. On the other hand, a Forensic toxicology determines the cause of death. The Forensic psychologist also help determine the jury for this case. Before the trail started the psychologist should have perform multiple of test to determine if Zimmerman had a mental