All female jury to decide Trayvon Martin case
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The 911 call will be used in the trial, but the prosecution's audio experts who said Trayvon Martin screamed moments before he was killed will not be allowed to testify.
Six jurors have been selected to decide the fate of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin. They are all women. None of them are Black. The jurors were chosen out of a pool of hundreds from the local Stanford, Florida area where Trayvon Martin, 17, was gunned down 16 months ago. All of their names have been kept confidential and the panel will be sequestered for the trial, according to AP. The second-degree murder trial of Zimmerman, the volunteer community watchman who fatally shot Martin, will be underway on Monday, June 24.
National outrage in the case escalated as race became a presumed factor in the killing based on profiling. Martin is Black. Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic.
The judge had restricted the use of racial language and the term racial profiling in the opening statement for attorneys form both sides to minimize racial tension.
Zimmerman's attorneys will argue their client killed Martin in self defense.
Updated 6/23/13 at 8:17 p.m. ESTThe 911 call will be used in the trial, but the prosecution's audio experts who said Trayvon Martin screamed moments before he was killed will not be allowed to testify.
