About two weeks after Juror B37 publicly discussed her role in the trial that acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin another juror has come forward and said that Zimmerman "got away with murder," according to the Washington Post.
In an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts Juror B29, the lone minority member of the jury, became the first jury member to reveal her face in the media. She also went by her first name, Maddy, during the interview in which she expressed regret over the outcome of the trial.
"You can't put the man in jail even though in our hearts we felt he was guilty," Maddy said. "It's hard for me to sleep, it's hard for me to eat because I feel I was forcefully included in Trayvon Martin's death. And as I carry him on my back, I'm hurting as much as Trayvon Martin's mother because there's no way that any mother should feel that pain."
In the interview Maddy spoke about how she was the juror that Juror B37 was talking about when she said that one of the members of the jury thought they should convict Zimmerman when they first started deliberating. After going over the evidence for hours and reading over the wording of the law Maddy became convinced that they could not convict Zimmerman even though she was confused by the verdict, according to USA Today.
Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, was shaken by the interview and released a statement in response, according to CBS News.
"It is devastating for my family to hear the comments from Juror B29, comments which we already knew in our hearts to be true," Fulton said. "That George Zimmerman literally got away with murder."
"This new information challenges our nation once again to do everything we can to make sure that this never happens to another child," Fulton continued. "That's why Tracy (Trayvon Martin's father) and I have launched The Trayvon Martin Foundation to try and take something very painful and negative and turn it into something positive as a legacy to our son."
In the interview Maddy echoed the opinion of Juror B37 by saying that she did not think that race played a role in the shooting. The juror also believes that the case never should have been brought to trial, that it was a publicity stunt to do so. Maddy was very clear that she believes that what Zimmerman did was wrong but by following the letter of the law there was nothing that they could do, according to ABC News.
"George Zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from God," Maddy said. "And at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with."
