Juror's Remorse

One of the TM jurors has come forward to say she was going to be the juror who stayed the course and voted for a guilty verdict on the manslaughter charge, but "according to the law in Florida," she couldn't find him guilty. So, what's all the public appearances, posturing, and comparing her regret to TM's mother's pain?

If you could not find Zimmerman guilty under the law, he is not guilty -- under the law. If you don't want this kind of verdict to happen in another case, either find enough legal evidence to lead to a guilty verdict or change the law.

Or, consider that if he's not guilty under the law, he's not guilty.

It's just as plausible that a young, testosterone fueled teen, all dressed in black and deliberately conducting himself in a suspicious manner in a strange neighborhood, decided to teach the man following him a lesson by jumping him. He'd have a great story to tell to all his homies, posturing about what he did, when he did it, and how he prevailed over "the man." Could have been the story of how a young black man killed a Hispanic man just as easily as it became the story of how a Hispanic (turned white by the media and protesters) man killed a black man. If TM had found the gun, would he have used it? and then regretted that decision for the rest of his life. Zimmerman would have been just as dead if TM had pulled the trigger during the fight as TM is dead because Zimmerman pulled the trigger during the fight.

We can "what if?" for years to come, but six people made a decision based on the law, a decision that no amount of remorse, regret, or righteous indignation will change.

Nor TV appearances.
Nor riots in the streets.
Nor playing the race card.