(I was going to take a break from blogging, but this is so compelling…)

One of the jurors in George Zimmerman’s trial, the only minority, spoke out on the verdict.  Democracy Now!  explores how the case was mishandled by the prosecution AND commentary on the juror’s misgivings about the verdict.

From Maddy’s own statement, she says she thought that they had to let Zimmerman go because they didn’t have clear evidence that he intended on killing Trayvon that night.  But that is a murder charge, not manslaughter.  Manslaughter is different from murder by intention, as the attorney states in the DN! interview.

I also think Maddy was intimidated into giving in–because she states she was holding out to the end.

And please, can we stop complaining about jury duty?  You can’t complain about verdicts if you’re not willing to do your civic duty and serve on jury duty.