Post by Krakow on Jul 17, 2013 19:55:07 GMT -5
www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/jul/17/unexpected-word-jimmy-carter-zimmerman-jury-was-ri/
The former president put the blame on the prosecution. Said Carter:
"I think the jury made the right decision based in the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman and that he was not defending himself and so forth. It's not a moral question, it was a legal question and the American law requires that the jury listens to the evidence presented."
On the racial aspects of the trial:
“I can’t allege that the six jurors, all of whom are women, are not just as sensitive about the race issue as I am. Or that you are. I don’t know them. But the judge warned them over and over that they had to listen to the evidence only, not to their own feelings about race. And since neither side [was] willing to bring in the race issue, I think – as far as the jury was concerned – they could not consider that.”
"I think the jury made the right decision based in the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman and that he was not defending himself and so forth. It's not a moral question, it was a legal question and the American law requires that the jury listens to the evidence presented."
On the racial aspects of the trial:
“I can’t allege that the six jurors, all of whom are women, are not just as sensitive about the race issue as I am. Or that you are. I don’t know them. But the judge warned them over and over that they had to listen to the evidence only, not to their own feelings about race. And since neither side [was] willing to bring in the race issue, I think – as far as the jury was concerned – they could not consider that.”
