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All female jury to decide Trayvon Martin case

buzzz worthy. . . 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.  T he 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 ...