A jury of six women has been selected for George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial in Seminole County for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Five of the six women seated on the jury are white, and one is black/Hispanic. Five of the jurors are married with children. Two recently moved to Florida less than a year ago -- one from Chicago and one from Iowa -- and two are involved with rescuing animals as their hobbies.

Lawyers also selected two more women and two men as alternate jurors. Three of the alternates are white and one is mixed-race. Two are single and have no children, one if married with two grown children, and the fourth is married with two stepchildren.

Opening statements begin Monday in the trial against Zimmerman, who said he shot the unarmed 17-year-old in self-defense.

The six jurors:

  • B-29 — A black/Hispanic woman, who moved to Florida from Chicago four months before the trial began. She has been married for 10 years, and has eight children. Her oldest son is 20.
     
  • B-76 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County since 1995. She previously owned a construction company with her husband. She has two children; her older son, 28, is a foreclosure/divorce lawyer.
     
  • B-37 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for 18 years. She is an animal rescue volunteer who owns multiple pets, including three dogs, four cats, a ferret, a couple lizards, a parrot and a crow with a broken wing. She is married to an attorney in the space industry, with two daughters.
     
  • B-51 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for the last nine years, and a Central Forida resident since 1987. She is retired, and previously worked in real estate. She is not married and has no children. She has previously served as a juror twice, once three years ago, and once in 1991 in Orange County.
     
  • E-6 — A white woman who has moved to Seminole County two years ago from Orange County, where she had lived since 2004. She is unemployed, and volunteers at a school where her children, ages 11 and 13, attend. Her husband is an engineer.
     
  • E-40 — A white woman who moved to Florida from Iowa in November 2012. She works as safety officer, and is married to a chemical engineer, with a 28-year-old son. She previously served as a juror 20 years ago in a drug-dealing case in Pennsylvania.

The four alternates:

  • E-54 — A white man who grew up in Central Florida, and has lived in Seminole County for 14 years. He is married with two stepchildren; one is 16, and the other is in his late 20s. He mentioned during initial questioning that one of his stepson wears hoodies, and had talked to him after the shooting about being "careful" and "cautious" of his actions.
     
  • B-72 — A mixed-race man in his 20s. He is a competitive arm wrestler who bragged about doing a one-armed pull-up the day he first heard about the shooting. He is single with no children, and works as a maintenance technician at a school. He has lived in Seminole County for nine years, and is previously from Chicago.
     
  • E-13 — A white woman who has lived in Seminole County for 17 years. He is a surgical assistant who owns and rides horses. She lives with her parents, and her brother is black.
     
  • E-28 — A white woman who works in a hospital operating room. She is married to a teacher, and has two children, ages 28 and 33. She is a member of a professional organization, and volunteers for Relay for Life.

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Prosecutors have said Zimmerman, 29, racially profiled Martin as the unarmed, black teenager was walking back from a convenience store on a rainy night Feb. 26, 2012, wearing a dark hooded shirt.

One juror had a prior arrest, but she said it was disposed of and she thought she was treated fairly. Two jurors have guns in their homes. All of their names have been kept confidential and the panel will be sequestered for the trial.

According to the 2010 Census, Seminole County is 78.5 percent white and 16.5 percent black, roughly mirroring the jury's racial makeup.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys chose the panel of six jurors after almost two weeks of jury selection. In Florida, 12 jurors are required only for criminal trials involving capital cases, when the death penalty is being considered.

If convicted, Zimmerman could face a potential life sentence.

On Feb. 26, 2012, Zimmerman spotted Martin, whom he did not recognize, walking in the gated townhome community where Zimmerman lived and the fiancee of Martin's father also resided. There had been a rash of recent break-ins at the Retreat, and Zimmerman was wary of strangers walking through the complex.

The two eventually got into a struggle and Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest with his 9mm handgun. He was charged 44 days after the shooting, only after a special prosecutor was appointed to review the case.

Martin's shooting death and the initial decision not to charge Zimmerman led to public outrage and demonstrations around the nation, with some accusing Sanford police of failing to thoroughly investigate the shooting.

The six jurors were culled from a pool of 40 candidates who made it into a second round of jury questioning. Two men and two women also were picked as alternate jurors.

Before selecting the jurors Thursday, defense attorney Mark O'Mara explored potential jurors' views on guns, self-defense and justifiable use of force.

Under Florida law, Zimmerman could shoot Martin in self-defense if it was necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm. O'Mara previously decided not to invoke a "stand your ground" hearing in which a judge alone would decide whether to dismiss the case or allow it to proceed to trial.