The following is a LIVE, ongoing rundown of Day 8 of jury selection in the George Zimmerman trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Lawyers have retained a pool of 40 potential jurors for traditional voir dire questioning. They need to seat a jury of six, plus four alternates.
The most recent updates from the courtroom Wednesday are on top.
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4:17 p.m.
Court is in recess until Thursday morning.
4:15 p.m.
O’Mara clarifies that the juror will not be pictured on TV.
The juror says he was not comfortable with media descriptions of him.
O’Mara tells the juror the trial may start Monday and can last for as little as two weeks, but as many as four.
O’Mara asks the juror if the impact of serving would be insurmountable versus inconvenient.
“It is an inconvenience,” he answers.
De la Rionda asks the juror to clarify what he knew was on the internet.
The juror is dismissed.
The attorneys approach the judge for a sidebar.
4:05 p.m.
De la Rionda asks Juror P-67 about the letter sent indicating a hardship. The juror says his wife helped him write the letter. He says she is also worried he would have to serve on the jury. He says his child is worried for his safety.
De la Rionda asks if his family concerns would impact his ability to serve as a juror. The juror says yes.
He says he didn't like the way the media put his juror assignment on the Internet.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara questions the juror.
3:59 p.m.
The jurors ask Judge Nelson more questions about being sequestered. Judge Nelson releases the jurors until 9 a.m. Thursday. She asks Juror P-67 to remain to address the issues he had.
3:51 p.m.
De la Rionda reads the courts instruction for the charges against Zimmerman.
He asks if the jurors can agree to follow the law. The group responds affirmatively.
De la Rionda asks if they all understand the defenses allowed by the law. He mentions insanity, alibi, and self-defense.
De la Rionda explains the jury will be sequestered and hardship.
He says a family member sent a letter for Juror P-67 expressing a hardship.
A juror asks De la Rionda to explain the sequester process.
He says the jurors will be limited with their interaction, and they will be housed. “Severely limited,” he says further describing it.
Judge Nelson says that includes the entire time of the trial and some contact will be allowed with the family. They will be in a hotel, provided meals and transportation. She adds that there will be planned activities.
De la Rionda asks if they understand that they have to have a unanimous decision. They respond affirmatively.
“Do all of you agree that people should be held responsible for their actions?” De la Rionda asks. They respond affirmatively.
De la Rionda concludes by asking if anyone has a matter that he should have asked about.
No one responds.
O’Mara asks for a sidebar.
3:39 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone believe the victim’s life was worth less because he was a minor.
He asks the same question about him [Martin] being African American.
He asks if anyone has a firearm.
De la Rionda asks the jurors that respond positively more about their ownership. He asks what type of gun they have and how they use it, like for hunting or target practice.
One juror is a member of the NRA.
De la Rionda asks if those with guns feel they have an added responsibility associated with it.
The group responds affirmatively.
3:27 p.m.
De la Rionda continues his questioning.
3:25 p.m.
“Do we all agree that people dress differently?” The group responds in the affirmative.
De la Rionda asks if anyone makes assumptions based on what people are wearing.
He asks if the different races of Martin and Zimmerman should matter.
O’Mara asks to approach for a sidebar.
3:23 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has training in phonetics or linguistics. No one responds.
A few jurors mention they learned sign language.
De la Rionda asks if anyone lives in a gated community.
G-63 says he lived in a community with a security guard.
De la Rionda asks if anyone lives in a neighborhood watch community.
One juror says he sees signs. B-35, E-73 says their neighborhood has one.
E-22 says she’s seen a sign. K-80 says her husband is a “block captain,” but he doesn’t patrol the neighborhood.
G-14 says they have a watch, but she’s not involved.
G-63 says he used to live in a community with a watch, but wasn’t involved.
De la Rionda asks if everyone considers themselves an expert on DNA. No affirmative answers.
De la Rionda asks if everyone has a cell phone and if they consider themselves an expert.
Juror I-44 says he has a working knowledge.
A few others respond similarly.
G-47 says he considers himself “pretty tech savvy.”
3:15 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has not had a dispute with another person.
One juror says he stays away from a person he has fought with.
E-6 says she was involved in a domestic violence case, but it would not impact
B-7 says with a chuckle he got in a fight in middle school.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has had a dispute that they have worked out.
B-61 says yes, and they were able to resolve it by talking about it.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has medical experience.
G-47 says he is a registered EMT. It would not have an impact
K-95 says she was a CNA “many years ago.”
Another juror says she is a certified safety instructor.
E-28 says she has medical experience. H-86 says she is a registered nurse.
De la Rionda asks if anyone besides B-72, known for arm wrestling, is in to fitness and working out.
A few mention weight lifting. H-29 says he has boxed before in tournaments.
He addresses G-63. The juror says he does weight lifting.
H-18 says he does martial arts. He has a green belt and does kickboxing.
B-86 says she did Tae Kwando with her kids.
3:07 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if the group can agree to evaluate witnesses based on what they hear in court.
“The law allows for certain witnesses to be treated a little differently in the sense of experts,” De la Rionda explains. He asks if an expert should be able to give an opinion.
He addresses multiple jurors to see if they agree.
Four jurors ask a question about the expert opinions. De la Rionda says the judge will also give instructions.
De la Rionda says they jurors will be exposed to photographs they have probably never seen in their life.
He asks if anyone has any law enforcement experience. No affirmative answers.
H-86 says she has two uncles and an aunt with experience.
De la Rionda asks about family with law enforcement experience.
K-95 says she used to work in retail watching for shoplifters. “Busted a lot of my sister’s friends,” she answers about how successful she was at it.
I-24 says she would interpret for shoplifters caught at a company she worked for.
Both say they could be fair.
K-80 says she has family that served in law enforcement. She says that wouldn’t interfere.
Another juror says he knows people in law enforcement that he sees a few times a year. He says he was interested in law enforcement when he was younger. It would not impact him.
B-7 says his estranged wife worked as a victim advocate. He says it was a while ago and it would not impact him.
B-86 says she used to do transcription for a private investigator. She says it would not impact her.
E-6 says a family friend worked as a detective.
B-12 has family in law enforcement. She says her dad used to tell her funny stories. She says she wouldn’t favor one side over the other.
H-69 says a cousin works for homeland security. “Sounds very exciting, but not for me,” she says.
Another juror says she knows people in homeland security and security.
K-80 says neighbors work in law enforcement. She says she doesn’t discuss the law with them
E-22 says a close friend worked in law enforcement.
G-66 says she has family in Chicago in law enforcement.
H-7 says friends are in law enforcement.
Another juror says she has an uncle in law enforcement
I-24 has a niece-in-law in law enforcement.
2:42 p.m.
De la Rionda goes over the witness list and how each juror knows the names they recognized earlier.
He addresses Juror E-6. The court gives her the list she had earlier.
De la Rionda says she circled two names on the first page. She says she just recognized the names. She says she has gotten a referral to one witness, but hasn’t had contact with them. For the third name, she says she just recognized the name and it would not have an impact. A fourth name she circled, she says would not have an impact.
Juror I-33 says he just recognized the names he marked.
G-63 says he knows the first name as a celebrity. The name on the last page is a name he recognizes.
B-61 says she know the name she recognized on a personal basis, but hasn’t seen the person in years. “I don’t think it would impact as it would any other witness,” she says. She says she lost contact with that person.
2:31 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone thinks they live in a community that has no crime. No one answers.
He asks if anyone has taken steps to correct it.
E-54 says he assumes there is crime in the neighborhood.
K-95 says she put up a “No soliciting” sign in the neighborhood. She says she is not a member of the neighborhood watch.
E-73 says there was a sudden increase of crime in her neighborhood and went to a neighborhood watch meeting.
B-76 says teenagers vandalized signs and police took care of it. She said she spoke to other neighbors about it.
De la Rionda addresses B-35, who says he was helping his brother move last night.
De la Rionda asks if anyone feels like they have the right to take the law in their own hands.
He addresses I-5. “There may be occasions, but basically, I would say no,” I-5 says.
Juror G-63 says the government is authorized to address the law.
H-7 says his only concern is the process about a citizen’s arrest.
I-24 says she if someone broke into her house she would try to protect her family.
De la Rionda asks if everyone feels the law applies equally to everyone.
He asks if it matters if the neighborhood is gated or not. He asks if it matters where the person is from.
He addresses B-72.
Juror B-72 says the law applies to everyone and doesn’t discriminate.
“Should it matter what the person’s gender or race or ethnicity?” De la Rionda asks.
The group responds no.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has ever been a witness.
A juror says he testified as a part of a case in the juvenile system. He says he was treated fairly.
H-7 says he has given depositions before and the experience was not unpleasant.
H-39 says he has been deposed before on "the good guys side."
H-81 says he has been a witness a few times.
I-24 says she was a witness in a car accident. She had to verify who hit who before a judge.
Another juror says he was called as a witness in an Orange County criminal trial. He says it would not impact him in the case.
K-80 says she was a witness in a child custody case.
K-95 says she was in a federal case. She says it was not a good experience because of the way she was treated by the attorneys and the judge. It was not in Florida. She says she was told she "was at an economic disadvantage." She says she would not hold it against either side.
E-22 says she has been deposed. She said it never went to trial and would not impact her.
E-6 says she was involved in a custody trial. She says she was treated fairly.
E-40 says she was a witness in a car accident about 20 years ago. She says she was treated fairly.
2:13 p.m.
Juror 81 says a close friend was arrested in Pennsylvania and was treated unfairly during prosecution. He says he would not hold it against the state.
De la Rionda asks if anyone was the victim of a crime in a way that would impact their fairness serving on the jury.
Jurors B-76, B-7, B-86, E-40, E-73, E-22, K-80, K-95, G-81, H-7, H-35, H-81, I-33, I-44 raise their hands.
De la Rionda asks if it was a violent crime
A few jurors raise their hands.
De la Rionda tells them the law says they should set that experience aside. He asks if they think they can do that.
Juror E-73 raises her hand. “It’s always in my mind,” she says in response to De la Rionda.
De la Rionda asks about any time of crime to the household that they felt the police did not do a good job.
B-7 says someone broke into his home in Seminole County. He says the sheriff’s office didn’t investigate. He says he can agree to leave it outside the courtroom. He says he was a senior in high school and may have chased the burglars off.
B-86 says she was working at a fast food restaurant when she and coworkers were robbed. She says the officer scared her worse than the robber.
“We’re thinking the person came back,” she said, describing the officer pounding on the door. She says the suspect was eventually caught.
2:03 p.m.
Judge Nelson welcomes back the jurors. She asks them if anyone talked about, heard about, or researched the case. Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda resumes questioning.
1:45 p.m.
The attorneys are in sidebar with the judge.
12:35 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone had a family member or close friend treated unfairly.
One juror says he has a friend he believes was arrested unfairly. He wouldn’t hold it against either party.
K-95 says she had a friend in Ohio arrested and treated unfairly when she was incarcerated. She says she her friend didn’t get her medicine.
B-61 says she knows someone who was arrested, but the charges were dropped. She says she wouldn’t hold it against either party.
Judge Nelson breaks court for lunch until 1:45 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if anyone has ever been arrested.
Juror B-12 says she was arrested in Daytona, but it never went to court. She says she was only 17 years old, but the experience would not factor into the process.
Juror B-29 says she was arrested. She says she would not hold that against the state or defendant.
Juror B-35 says he was arrested in Orange County in 1987. He says he was treated fairly. He wouldn’t hold it against the state or defendant.
Juror E-6 says she was arrested in Brevard County in 1999. She says she was treated fairly. She says she wouldn’t hold it against the state.
Juror H-7 says he was arrested in Texas years ago. He said it was dropped. He wouldn’t hold it against the state or defense
Juror H-81 says about 1.5 years ago he was detained in Seminole Count. He said there were no charges. He says he would not hold it against the state or defendant.
I-33 was arrested in Seminole County. He would not hold it against either party. He says he had to go to court and pay a fine.
12:20 p.m.
De la Rionda addresses Juror P-67 and asks if he is doing Ok. He moves on to G-14.
De la Rionda asks her about first impressions and assumptions. She uses an example of first meeting someone that might’ve been shy or had a cold.
“Has anybody never made an assumption that wasn’t true?” De la Rionda asks. “Can you agree that assumptions play no role in arriving at a verdict?”
The group answers yes.
He addresses Juror E-40.
She says they have to check personal biases, beliefs and assumptions and may even have to challenge others.
He asks jurors by each row if they know an attorney.
One juror mentions Tim Morgan as a friend. Another has a son. A third juror has some friends. Another juror is married to an attorney.
B-51 says she has a neighbor who is a corporate attorney.
E-6 says she knows a woman, but isn’t in contact with an attorney in contract law.
E-40 knows several from college and her landlord is an attorney in Texas.
Another juror says he know a couple people, but hasn’t talked to them in years.
Another juror mentions friends that are attorneys.
G-47 says his friend’s mother is an attorney for Volusia County.
G-14 says she knows a couple attorneys in a Boy Scout troupe she was involved in.
K-95 says she knows some attorneys in some network associations.
K-80 says she has friends and legal counsel at work.
E-13 says there are attorneys on her mom’s side of the family.
E-22 says she knows three attorneys.
Another juror says she know several in college.
H-6 knows an attorney that does worker’s compensation law.
Another juror knows contract lawyers.
H-29 says he knows several attorneys as part of his profession.
H-81 knows 20 to 25 attorneys, half of which do criminal law. He says most of the discussions revolve around consumer law.
H-86 says past employers were attorneys. She says she was a file clerk.
I-33 knows several lawyers, but says it wouldn’t affect him.
He asks if anyone knows any judges. The group says they would not be affected.
12:10 p.m.
Juror E-6 asks a question. She asks about circumstantial evidence.
De la Rionda addresses B-29 about the TV shows. She says she likes the real world.
De la Rionda says there has also been an increase in “real lawyer-type shows.” He cites Larry King as an example.
He addresses Juror I-5. The juror says he has watched them, but questions the integrity.
De la Rionda addresses B-61. She agrees that she can disregard commentators because they might have a special interest.
De la Rionda mentions Juror B-37 is married to an attorney. He asks how people feel about attorneys, mentioning commercials on TV.
He says he realizes people come into the courtroom with opinions. He asks how to make sure people consider the evidence and don’t interject their opinions.
He addresses Juror E-73. She says that it is tough. De la Rionda addresses the juror sitting next to her.
“If they said they had an opinion, I don’t know how you guarantee how you do that,” the juror said.
De la Rionda asks another juror.
“You gentlemen know how to profile a jury,” the juror says. “You’re looking for the people that are going to be the fairest.”
De la Rionda asks the group if they can do that.
No one responds.
He asks Juror H-6 how that can happen.
"I know as myself I can do my best to keep my bias out of it," Juror H-6 says.
12:00 p.m.
De la Rionda asks B-35 about what can be considered evidence.
De la Rionda says sympathy cannot be considered in deliberations.
He adds that bias should also not play a role in rendering a verdict.
He addresses B-63. “People have biases, wouldn’t you agree?” he asks.
B-63 says “That’s not relevant to the facts of what happened” in answer to the line of questioning.
De La Rionda addresses Juror M-75 about possible penalties. He says it should not play a role in arriving at a verdict.
He addresses B-37. “How did you know I was going to pick on you?” De la Rionda asks jokingly.
De la Rionda explains the concept of circumstantial evidence. He uses an example of his kids once breaking a cookie jar, but no one saw it happen. He was able to tell which one did it by seeing crumbs around their mouth.
Juror I-35 shares an experience where he had to determine who made a mess in the kitchen.
“Circumstantial evidence is just as good as direct evidence,” De la Rionda says.
De la Rionda asks who doesn’t watch the television show “CSI.” About 10 or so raise their hands.
B-7 also asks about “Law and Order.” He asks “Does everybody understand that’s not the real world?”
11:50 a.m.
De la Rionda addresses the group of jurors. He asks if they can give the state of Florida and the defendant a fair trial.
He says it is the state’s burden to prove a crime was committed and the defendant is the person that did it.
“A reasonable doubt is not a forced doubt,” he says, adding there must be a reason for the doubt.
He repeatedly asks “Does everybody understand that?”
He asks if they all understand that Zimmerman is “presumed to be innocent.”
He says the court will give instructions for how to “render a verdict.”
He says the law also says they should not speculate, adding that they must rely on the evidence.
He says he is stressing those points because we’ve all grown up with TV and clarifies, “there’s real world and TV.”
He addresses Juror B-35.
11:41 a.m.
The jurors are on their way back into the courtroom.
11:20 a.m.
H-7
He is married with two children, ages 41 and 39. He has worked at his current job for 40 years. He is involved with Boy Scouts. He has served on a jury before.
H-18
He has lived in Seminole county for two years. He has a 7-year-old child. He spends time outside of work swimming and playing tennis.
H-29
He has lived in Seminole County for 30 years. He is divorced. He has two children, ages 28 and 30. He has worked at his current job for more than 30 years. He has served on a city board. He served 4 years in the military. He spends time playing tennis and at the beach, “and I like beer.”
Back to H-18
He was never in the military police.
H-35
She is married with no children. She is unemployed. She was involved with SPCA back in 2010. She spends time with family and at the beach.
H-81
He has been in Seminole County since 2001. He has been married 31 years. He has a 25-year-old daughter and son in the Navy. He has served on a jury before.
H-69
She has lived in Seminole County for 21 years. She is married. She has worked at her current job for 1 year and 8 months. She is a member of her church. She spends time with her dogs and mother.
H86
She was born and raised in Seminole County. She volunteers and spends time with her family.
I-5
He has lived in Seminole County for 13 years. He is married with three children. The oldest is 40 years old. He has a 38-year-old daughter and younger son. He has worked in his field for almost 40 years. He was in the military. He spends time watching sports, with friends, and working with computers. He has served on a jury before. He was a foreman on a criminal case and another case in Alaska. “Looking back I did,” he says in answer to a question asking if he enjoyed the experiences.
I-19
She is single with no children. She spends time studying to be a health services administrator.
I-24
She has lived in Central Florida since 1968. She has been married “just shy” of 39 years. She has two daughters, ages 29 and 22. She has worked at her current job for almost 42 years. She spends time watching sports, gardening, going to the beach and traveling.
I-33
He has lived in Seminole County for 30 years. He is married with no children. He is “searching for a new career.” He previously worked in his field for 30-40 years. He is involved with a county board. He has a small farm.
I-44
He has lived in Seminole County for two years. He is married with three children, ages 10, 12 and 9 months. He competitively barbecues. He spends time with family. He has served as an alternate juror.
Court is in recess for 15 minutes.
11:02 a.m.
P-67
He asks to talk in private. Rionda says he is purposely not using his name and only referring to the juror as “P-67.” Judge Nelson says the jury selection process has to be done in open court.
He says he recently became a citizen. He has been in Seminole County since 2008. He was in Chicago before that. He has been married for 20 years. He has three kids, ages 18, 16, and 11. He attends church. He spends time with his family and watching sports. It is his first time being called for jury service.
G-14
She has lived in Seminole County since 2005, and a time before that. She is divorced. She has two children, ages 12 and 15. She has worked at her current job for three years. She has been involved with Boy Scouts for six years. She has been summoned for a jury twice before.
G-29
She has lived in Seminole County almost nine months. She is single with no children. She has worked at her current job for almost six years. She has worked in her current field for 12 years. She spends time with friends and family and watching sports.
G-47
He has lived in Seminole County for just under nine years. He is single with no children. He is from Boston, Mass. He says he spends time with “sports, friends, beer.”
G-63
He is single with no children. He is unemployed, but worked as a teaching assistant. He majored in mathematics. He plays chess, does Olympic weightlifting. He says it is a sport he has been doing for about one year.
G-66
She has lived in Seminole County for two years. She is widowed. She has two children, ages 36 and 32. She is retired. She used to work as a financial advisor. She writes for an organization called Caretakers, a motorcycle club focused on caring for veterans. She fishes.
G-81
He has lived in Seminole County for 16 years. He has been married for 19 years. He has worked at his current job for 19 years. He golfs, travels and watches sports.
H-6
He has lived in Seminole County for 1.5 years. He has been in Florida since 2004. He has worked at his current job for five months. He spends time outside of work “trying to relax.” He has served on a jury before.
10:50 a.m.
E-13
She has lived in the county for 17 years. She is single. She works as a surgical assistant. She is a member of her church. She has horses and spends time riding.
E-28
She has been married for 28 years, and has two children, ages 28 and 33. Her spouse works as a teacher. She is a member of a professional organization and volunteers for Relay for Life. She has served on a jury before.
K-80
She has live in Seminole County since 2004. She will have been married 15 years next month. She has two younger children. She has worked at her current job for five years. She attends church and is active in Girl Scouts and coaches soccer. She had family serve in the military.
K-95
She has lived in Seminole County for 16 years. She has been married for 15 years with two children, ages 24 and 18. She works as a consultant and formerly had her own company. She is a member of multiple organizations. She has not served on a jury before
10:41 a.m.
E-54
He has lived in Seminole County for 14 years. He has been married for five years to an engineering technician. He has two step-children, ages 16 and late 20s. He has worked in his industry for 30 years. He plays golf. He has been summoned for a jury before.
E-73
She has lived in Seminole County for 13 years. She grew up in New York. She is married with two children, ages 15 and 18. She works as a consultant. She has been involved with various arts councils in the area. She goes to sporting events and makes jewelry. She has been called for a jury before; three times in Seminole County and once in Ohio. She was also called for a federal case.
M-75
She has lived in Seminole County since 2001. She moved from New York. She is single with no children. She has worked at her current job for two months. She worked as a travel agent for a cruise company. Before that, she worked at one of the Orlando theme parks. She used to volunteer at an animal shelter. She says she babysits for her family.
B-61
She has lived in Seminole County for five years. She has also lived in Orange and Volusia counties. She has been married for two months. Her husband is a full-time student, studying engineering. She also works as an engineer. She is a member of her church, a professional society and a sorority. Outside of work, she spends time with family, studying and reading. No prior jury service
B-72
He has lived in Seminole County for nine years. He is single with no children. He has worked at his current job for about one year. He is an alumnus of PTK-Phi Beta Kappa. He spends his time arm wrestling, going to the gym. He has been doing arm wrestling for about 2.5 years. He says he could talk about arm wrestling all day and a lot of people have misconceptions.
E-22
She has lived in Seminole county for 12 years. She is single with no children. She has worked at her job for 19 years. She is a member of a social service organization affiliated with her employer. She gardens and “loves all things food.” She has been called for jury service before.
10:30 a.m.
B-51
She has lived in Seminole County for nine years. She is not married and has no kids. She is retired from real estate work. Before that she was the director of a call center in Brevard County with 1,200 employees. She says she spends a lot of time driving to Jacksonville to visit her parents. She served on a jury three years ago; the case was resolved before the jury was needed. She also served in one in 1991.
B-86
She is single with two children, ages 20 and 21. She has worked at her current job for 10 years. She says she used to be active with the Center for Birds of Prey and worked at her church. She has been summoned for jury service before
E-6
She has lived in Seminole county for two years. She is married. Her spouse works as an engineer. She has two children, ages 11 and 13. She is unemployed, but worked for nine months in financial services. She is a church member and volunteered at her kids’ school. She has been called for a jury, but never served
E-40
She has lived in Iowa and California. She works as a safety officer. She is married. Her spouse works as a chemical engineer. She has one 28-year-old son. Outside of work she travels, reads and follows sports. She has served on a jury in Pennsylvania more than 20 years ago.
10:20 a.m.
B-7
He says he has lived in Seminole and orange county for about 30 years. He is married for 10 years. He has been working at his current job for 11 years. He will take on a supervisory role.
He says he spends time outside of work watching sports, playing video games and socializing with friends. He has severed on a jury before, about 12 to 15 years ago in Seminole County. He says it was a criminal case. He did say he enjoyed serving on the jury, which was one day and they weren’t sequestered.
B-35
He has been married for 29 years. His spouse works for a TV station. He has a son in college studying engineering. He is a member of a fraternity and coaches football. He has served in the Marine Corps Reserves for six years. Outside of his family, he says coaching football is his passion.
B-37
She has lived in Seminole County 18 years. She has been married 20 years. Her spouse works as a space attorney with United Launch Alliance. He doesn’t practice criminal law. She says he would not answer any questions about the case. She has two kids, ages 24 and 27. She has worked at her current job for 16 years. She was involved in rescue groups, but had to stop. She has been called for jury duty four times.
10:10 a.m.
Juror B-12 says she has worked at her current job since October, before that she worked as a home health nurse. Before that, she was a CNA.
She volunteers for a Moose Lodge and her church.
She is also a member of the Red Hat Society.
She says the process takes away Zimmerman’s rights and her rights, too, because the media will publish her answers. Rionda jokingly says, “Yeah, they’ll publish an article about B-12.”
Rionda addresses Juror B-29.
She says she has worked at her current job for three months. She also worked as a CNA for seven years. She calls her house an “organization.”
She has never served on a jury before
Rionda addresses Juror B-76.
B-76 says she has lived in Seminole County since 1995. She has been married for 30 years and has two children, 28 and 26. Her son is an attorney practicing in Seminole County. She says he does not practice criminal law. She says she is unemployed, but worked with her husband with a construction company. She and her husband also manage rental properties.
She says she rescues a lot of pets. She has never served on a jury before.
10:00 a.m.
De la Rionda congratulates the group for making it to round two.
Rionda says the individual questioning was important so that each person did not influence the other.
He says each person must only factor what they heard in the courtroom.
Rionda asks the jurors to let him know if there is anything they would like to discuss privately.
Juror B-7 asks a question about how to bring up any issues.
“We’re trying to get a jury that speaks the truth and will arrive at a just decision,” Rionda says, adding that he appreciates the time they have spent for the process.
Rionda asks Juror B-12 how long she has been a resident of Seminole County. She says about 40 years. She moved from Michigan when she was nine. She is divorced. She has two older children.
9:53 a.m.
Juror B-61 says she recognizes a witness from the list of names.
Another juror says he recognizes two names.
A third juror, I-33, says he recognizes four names.
A fourth juror says she recognizes two names.
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda begins questioning the group.
9:45 a.m.
Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump says Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, Travyon Martin’s parents, are sitting closer to George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman’s parents, Robert and Gladys Zimmerman, are also in the courtroom, along with his sister.
9:40 a.m.
Judge Nelson asks the jurors if they are related to Zimmerman. She asks each juror to look at a list of the witnesses and tell her if they recognize any of the names.
9:37 a.m.
Judge Nelson reads the juror instructions, which includes that they cannot communicate with anyone about the case. She says they cannot use electronic devices to do research or talk about the case. She reads the charges against Zimmerman.
9:31 a.m.
The 40 potential jurors enter the courtroom.
Before court began
9:25 a.m.
Judge Nelson says all the jurors are present and the attorneys have requested the Frye hearing be rescheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. The attorneys have gone back into a sidebar.
9:15 a.m.
Court is in recess until the juror arrives.
9:00 a.m.
Judge Debra Nelson says a juror is running behind. Attorneys approach the judge for a sidebar.
8:54 a.m.
From reporter Amanda Evans in the courtroom: Everyone is here, and you'll notice on TV that the courtroom has been rearranged, so the attorneys now face the jurors.
Trayvon Martin's family is sitting closest to potential jurors. Shellie Zimmerman is also here with her bodyguard.
8:30 a.m.
Thirty chairs are set up in the "jury box" area of the courtroom. Lawyers will conduct group questioning of 30 of the 40 retained jurors.
The questions will be different in this second round. They will be more specific and person, asking jurors if they have ever had experience on a jury before, or been a part of a criminal or civil trial. Lawyers may also ask about spouses or family members who are in law enforcement, or children who have been arrested.
Each side of the case has 10 peremptory challenges, or "strikes," that can be used to get rid of a potential juror. If both sides use all 10 of theirs, that would leave 20 jurors from which to choose 10 -- six plus the four alternates.