How is President Obama trying to publicly manage the Zimmerman case and race issues? Randi Kaye reports.
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Post by: Randi Kaye Filed under: George Zimmerman • President Barack Obama • Race Gender & Politics • Race in America • Trayvon Martin |
AC360's legal panel and Marissa Alexander's attorney, Bruce Zimet, discuss his client's appeal and Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 360º Follow • Crime & Punishment • Danny Cevallos • Jeffrey Toobin • Mark Geragos • Stand Your Ground • Sunny Hostin |
Gary Tuchman updates the case of Florida woman, Marissa Alexander, who is serving 20 years in prison after her "stand your ground" defense failed.
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Post by: Gary Tuchman Filed under: 360º Follow • Crime & Punishment • Stand Your Ground |
The AC360 legal panel discusses juror B37's description of how the Stand Your Ground law affected the Zimmerman verdict.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Stand Your Ground • Trayvon Martin |
Trayvon Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin sit down with Anderson Cooper to talk about the Zimmerman trial verdict, their thoughts on Juror B37's comments about deliberations and how their family is moving forward.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Juror B37 • Trayvon Martin |
Below is an additional statement given exclusively to CNN this morning from Juror B37 following her interview with Anderson Cooper on AC360.
"Thank you for the opportunity to vent some of the anguish which has been in me since the trial began. For reasons of my own, I needed to speak alone. There will be no other interviews. My prayers are with all those who have the influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other than "not guilty" in order to remain within the instructions. No other family should be forced to endure what the Martin family has endured.(Read more)
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: George Zimmerman • Juror B37 • Trayvon Martin |
At the AC360 "Race and Justice" town hall, Charles Blow, Geoffrey Canada, Sunny Hostin and Anna Deavere Smith discussed the difficulty of explaining the Trayvon Martin case to children.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Sunny Hostin • Town Hall: Race and Justice in America • Trayvon Martin |
Anderson Cooper asks Florida prosecutor Angela Corey why there were no African-Americans on the Zimmerman jury.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 360° Radar • Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Town Hall: Race and Justice in America • Trayvon Martin |
Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump reacts to juror B37's comments that race was not a factor in their verdict.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 360° Radar • Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Town Hall: Race and Justice in America • Trayvon Martin |
Mark Geragos, Paul Henderson and Jeffrey Toobin discuss the way prosecutors handled their case against George Zimmerman.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 360° Radar • Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Mark Geragos • Mark Toobin • Trayvon Martin |
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