Oh, Please, Stop Being A Drama Queen

From the New York Daily News: The only minority on the all-female jury in the Trayvon Martin case says George Zimmerman “got away with murder” when he fatally shot the black 17-year-old.
But the juror, a 36-year-old mother of eight who moved to Florida from Chicago five months before she was selected for the trial, says the panel had no choice but to acquit Zimmerman, based on the law and evidence.
“George Zimmerman got away with murder,” the panelist said. “But you can’t get away from God. And at the end of the day, [Zimmerman is] going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with.”
The juror, who is of Puerto Rican descent and identified herself only by her first name, Maddy, shared her regrets during a television interview with Robin Roberts that will air in full on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday. Excerpts were shown on ABC programs Thursday.
Maddy told Roberts she couldn’t sleep at night because she was consumed by thoughts of Trayvon, who was shot to death while walking home from a convenience store in Sanford, Fla., last year.
“It’s hard for me to sleep, it’s hard for me to eat because I feel I was forcefully included in Trayvon Martin’s death,” said the juror, who works as a nursing assistant. “And as I carry him on my back, I’m hurting as much as Trayvon Martin’s mother because there’s no way that any mother should feel that pain.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/juror-b29-george-zimmerman-murder-article-1.1408913#ixzz2a8aChZF6
First, I am quite sure you are not hurting as bad as Martin's mom. She lost a son and you didn't.
And carrying him on your back?  You're not Jesus either.
And she could have gotten off the jury if she wanted to.  8 kids and being only 36 and having a job as a nursing assistant could have gotten her off for hardship, but she wanted to be on that jury and it seems like she had her mind made up before the jury was seated.
And this:
The question at the heart of the case was whether Zimmerman, 29, acted in self-defense because he thought his life was in danger — thereby bringing the shooting under the parameters of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
“That’s where I felt confused,” Maddy told Roberts. “But as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can’t say he’s guilty.”
"Stand your Ground" was not brought up in court, so if the juror was bringing it up, then she was in violation of the judge's rules.
But then again, it may have just another bad question by the media who tried to make this case about "Stand Your Ground".
But the old adage that lawyers want the stupidest jurors on a case is certainly true in this case.