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On October 19, Judge Nelson granted the defense's request for access to Martin's school records, cell phone records, and social media (such as [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]) posts. In her ruling, Nelson said that Zimmerman's attorneys needed to know whether Martin's school records and social media postings revealed any evidence that he had had violent tendencies.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 19, 2012 |title=George Zimmerman's attorneys can examine Trayvon Martin's school, social media records |work=Fox News |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/19/new-motions-expected-in-trayvon-martin-case-defense-to-ask-for-more-witness/ |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Amanda |last2=Kavanagh |first2=Margaret |date=October 19, 2012 |title=Zimmerman judge allows access to Trayvon Martin's records |url=http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/10/19/george_zimmerman_to_.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021212612/http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/10/19/george_zimmerman_to_.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |access-date=October 19, 2012 |website=[[Central Florida News 13]]}}</ref> Martin's parents said the defense's request for school records and social media was a "[[fishing expedition]]" aimed at attacking their son and an attempt to assassinate his character.<ref name="school records2">{{cite news |last=Alcindor |first=Yamiche |title=Trayvon Martin's postings, school records spark court debate |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20121020/NEWS07/121020010/Trayvon-Martin-s-postings-records-spark-court-debate?odyssey=nav%7Chead |access-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref> She also ruled that Zimmerman's medical records be provided to prosecutors. Nelson said she would review the medical records and decide whether anything should be withheld.<ref name="school records2" />
The defense additionally requested from [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and reporter [[Matt Gutman]] all recordings, notes and correspondence related to Witness Number 8, Trayvon Martin's friend who said she was speaking with Martin by phone just before he was shot. O'Mara's motion stated the call lasted more than 26 minutes and the recording they received from the authorities was only 12 minutes, 44 seconds long.<ref name="Stutzman18Jan2">{{cite news |last=Stutzman |first=Rene |date=January 18, 2013 |title=Zimmerman attorneys: We want ABC News notes, audio |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-01-18/news/os-george-zimmerman-defense-records-20130118_1_zimmerman-attorneys-trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman |access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=George Zimmerman: Lawyer asks for evidence from ABC |url=http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/1/18/george_zimmerman_law.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126051820/http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/1/18/george_zimmerman_law.html |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2013 |website=[[Central Florida News 13]]}}</ref>
On December 3, 2012, defense attorney Mark O'Mara stated that he was "frustrated" that in the original discovery, a grainy black-and-white photo of Zimmerman had been substituted for the original color photo of Zimmerman's bloody nose. Criminal attorney David Wohl said the submission of the copy "borders on prosecutorial misconduct".<ref>{{cite news |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Lawyer for George Zimmerman 'frustrated' at prosecutors' withholding of graphic photo |website=[[Fox News]] |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/03/newly-released-photo-shows-bloodied-george-zimmerman-from-night-trayvon-martin}}</ref>
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[[File:George Zimmerman front of head.jpg|thumb|Image taken of George Zimmerman's injuries after the shooting.]]
[[File:George Zimmerman back of head.jpg|thumb|Image taken of George Zimmerman's injuries after the shooting.]]
Dr. Valerie Rao, a medical examiner who reviewed video and photographs of Zimmerman's injuries, testified that she thought Zimmerman's wounds were "insignificant" and "non-life threatening." She said that Zimmerman's head might have only hit the concrete a single time and the injuries were so minor that they were not consistent with grave force.<ref name="abc rao">{{cite web|last1=Tienabeso |first1=Seni |last2=Gutman |first2=Matt |title=George Zimmerman jury told his injuries were 'insignificant'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/george-zimmerman-jury-told-injuries-insignificant/story?id=19552856|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=July 2, 2013|access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="businsider rao">{{cite web|last=Sterbenz |first=Christina|title=Medical Examiner contradicts a key part of George Zimmerman's story|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/valerie-raos-george-zimmerman-testimony-2013-7|publisher=[[Business Insider]]|date=July 2, 2013|access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref>
Anthony Gorgone, a [[crime lab analyst]] with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, testified that he found no traces of Zimmerman's DNA in scrapings taken from Martin's fingernails. Gorgone said he did find both Zimmerman's and Martin's DNA on the gray sweatshirt Martin was wearing, and both of their DNA was found on Zimmerman's jacket. Gorgone said Zimmerman's DNA was found on the grip of his gun, but that Martin's was not found.<ref name="nytimes dna">{{cite news|last=Buckley |first=Cara|title=Zimmerman studied 'Stand your Ground' in class, Florida court is told|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/witnesses-tell-of-zimmermans-interest-in-law-enforcement.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 3, 2013|access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="cnn dna">{{cite news|title=Crime Lab Analyst Testifies (transcript)|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1307/03/cnr.12.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=July 3, 2013|access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref>
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Jayne Surdyka was a neighbor in the Retreat who was in her upstairs bedroom at the time of the incident. She went to close her window due to the "pouring down rain", when she heard a loud "dominant" voice. She reopened the window to see into the courtyard and heard a voice that sounded "angry, very agitated" but that she could not hear words. She shut off her lights to reduce glare and see better, and saw two men on the ground one on top of the other. She heard a cry for help that she thought was made by "the boy" and then heard "pop, pop, pop". She saw one of the men get up and hold his head while the other stayed on the ground face down. Surdyka's 911 call was then played.{{Listen|filename = Trayvon Martin Shooting Call7.ogg|title =Surdyka's call to 911|description =911 call, February 26, 2012| help = yes| type = sound| style = float:right}}
On cross-examination, the defense asked about the cries for help that she heard, and she confirmed she heard only two cries: one for help, and then a "yelp" just before the gunshot. West asked her if she had heard the other 911 calls and cries for help previously. West asked her if "the loud voice could have been someone on a cell phone in the wind", and she replied, "I guess". She clarified that there was five to ten minutes between the initial "loud voice" and the later argument and fight; she assumed they were the same voice. She said that during the argument the "loud" voice initiated and a "meek" voice replied. She commented that when the porch lights were off it was "pitch black" in the yard, but that she could see well enough to see that the person on top was wearing a dark or black shirt or jacket. West asked her to reconcile Martin's chest wound with her testimony that Zimmerman stood up from on top, with Martin underneath him, face down. West pressed her to admit that she assumed which voice was which, but she replied that she felt the aggressive voice was "a man's" and that the other voice was higher pitched and she felt that it was "a boy's".<ref>{{cite web|last=Sloane |first=Amanda |url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/06/26/will-eyewitnesses-help-george-zimmerman--trial-day-3-prosecutors |title=Key witness recounts Martin's final phone call |website=[[HLNTV]] (Headline News) |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Mike |last1=Schneider |first2=Kyle |last2=Hightower |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/eyewitness-testifies-zimmerman-trial-19490711#.Ucrvnfm1F8E |title=Martin Friend Returns to Stand at Zimmerman Trial |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mysanfordherald.com/view/full_story/22983682/article-Prosecution-continues-to-call-witnesses-in-Zimmerman-case?instance=home_news_right |title=Prosecution continues to call witnesses in Zimmerman case |publisher=[[The Sanford Herald]] |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204125709/http://www.mysanfordherald.com/view/full_story/22983682/article-Prosecution-continues-to-call-witnesses-in-Zimmerman-case?instance=home_news_right |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57591121-504083/george-zimmerman-trial-neighbor-testifies-she-heard-boys-voice-yelling-for-help/ |title=George Zimmerman trial: Neighbor testifies she heard "boy's voice" yelling for help |website=[[CBS News]] |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/jayne-surdyka_n_3503189.html |title=Jayne Surdyka, George Zimmerman Trial Witness, Says She Felt Cries For Help Were 'A Boy's Voice' |website=[[Huffington Post]] |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |first=Danielle |last=Cadet}}</ref>
Jeannee Manalo was with her family watching TV in the living room at her home in the Retreat at the time of the incident. Manalo said she heard a "howling" sound and looked out the sliding door, but was unable to see anything due to the darkness. Later, she heard a yelling that she thought was "help". She looked out and could not see anything, but heard struggling. After hearing "help", she returned to watching TV, and then only looked out again after hearing the gunshot. She then looked out again and saw two people on the grass, with a neighbor outside with them who was asking if he should call 911. Manalo testified that she did not notice the size at the time, but after seeing the news, she believes Zimmerman was on top. Manalo could not tell which person was screaming for help. After she heard the shot, she looked out again. Her husband went outside and then returned to get a plastic [[Walmart]] bag to be used for CPR. On cross-examination, she said that noises seemed to move closer over the incident, moving from the top of the "T" slightly further south. West questioned Manalo about differences between her current recollections and the statements she made during investigator interviews at the time. In her earlier statements, Manalo did not describe the sizes of the individuals or compare them. West asked about seeing Zimmerman after the incident and referred to a photo of his injuries, but Manalo replied that she did not get a good look at his face that night. West asked what photos she used to develop her understanding of the relative sizes of Martin and Zimmerman. She testified that she had seen full body photos of Zimmerman from the police station, and the "hoodie", "hollister", and "football" shots of Martin. She had not seen photos of Martin from the 7-Eleven surveillance video. She stated she did not look at photos of Zimmerman's injuries, including one taken by her husband, until later. Manolo testified that she might be wrong on the size comparison, and that "I don't know who's bigger now". She later testified that her opinion of the relative sizes of Martin and Zimmerman the night of the incident was based on old photographs of Martin. After several rounds of questioning, she said her opinion of the sizes was based on the photographs, but that the person who was on top got up.<ref name="foxnews1">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/26/judge-in-trayvon-martin-case-weighs-police-calls/ |title=Teen who spoke to Trayvon Martin moments before his death testifies in Zimmerman trial |website=[[Fox News]] |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
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Jonathan (John) Good, a neighbor at the retreat, testified that he heard a faint noise outside but could not tell the direction. As the noises grew louder, he looked outside through his blinds. He opened his door and looked out and saw "some sort of tussle" where the participants were on the ground. He called out, "What's going on?" and "Stop it" as he started to step outside. Good said the participant wearing "dark or black" was on top and the person wearing "red or white" was on the bottom, and the person on the bottom had lighter skin. He described the person on top having their legs straddling the person on the bottom, who was face up.
He could not hear any pounding or hitting, but did see "downward arm motion, multiple times" that "looked like punches" from the person on top. He heard a "help" from the person on the bottom, and Good said, "Cut it out" and that he was going to call 911. He went back inside to call 911, but he heard a gunshot before the call was completed. Good's call to 911 was played for the jury. {{Listen|filename = Trayvon Martin Shooting Call2.ogg|title =Good's call to 911|description =911 call, February 26, 2012| help = yes| type = sound| style = float:right}}
Good testified that his statement in earlier interviews of "MMA-style" was in reference to the person on top straddling the person on the bottom and striking them. He testified he did not see the person on top slamming the person on bottom's body or head into the concrete. He said the recorded calls for help from the other's 911 calls did not sound the same as the cries for help he heard. On cross-examination he stated that he could not be sure that additional hitting or head pounding was not happening; he just did not see well enough to say that it did happen. Using photographs of Zimmerman and Martin from that night, he identified Martin as the person on top, and Zimmerman as the person on the bottom.<ref name="New York Post - Not Guilty">Bobby Martinez in Sanford Florida and Laura Italiano and David K. Li of New York. "'Not Guilty' In Trayvon Slay". ''[[New York Post]]''. July 14, 2013. pg 5. Retrieved July 14, 2013.</ref> Defense attorney West had Good go over a sketch of the scene and positions of the participants that he had made shortly after the incident. Between the time Good was initially outside and when his 911 call began, he went upstairs and down a hallway to get his phone, at which time he looked out a window and saw Martin's body on the ground. Good stated that in his opinion it was Zimmerman's voice screaming for help.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local10.com/news/george-zimmerman-trial-witness-john-good/-/1717324/20755808/-/n5jses/-/index.html |title=George Zimmerman trial: Witness John Good |date=June 29, 2013 |website=Local10.com |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/prosecution-witness-describes-trayvon-martin-as-attacking-george-zimmerman-on-night-of-murder/ |title=Zimmerman Trial Trayvon Martin Witness John Good Attack |publisher=Mediaite |date=May 17, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57591520-504083/george-zimmerman-trial-neighbor-testifies-trayvon-martin-was-straddling-zimmerman-moments-before-fatal-gunshot/ |title=George Zimmerman trial: Neighbor testifies Trayvon Martin was straddling Zimmerman moments before fatal gunshot |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/28/zimmerman-defense-grills-witness-for-second-day/ |title=Witness describes Zimmerman's injuries, phone call to wife |website=[[Fox News]] |date= June 28, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-witnesses-conflicting-versions-fatal-fight/story?id=19517236#.Uc27_Pm1F8E |title=George Zimmerman Was Beaten, Two Prosecution Witnesses Say |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=February 26, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Benn |first=Evan |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/28/3475059/state-presses-on-in-george-zimmerman.html |title=SANFORD: Witness who saw "tussle" testifies in Zimmerman trial as social media explodes over photo of defense lawyer - Trayvon Martin |work=[[Miami Herald]] |date=February 26, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629231637/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/28/3475059/state-presses-on-in-george-zimmerman.html |archive-date=June 29, 2013 }}</ref>
Jonathan Manalo, whose wife testified earlier, told the jury he was the first person to make contact with Zimmerman after the shooting. Manalo said that Zimmerman was calm and easy to understand before police arrived. Manalo said as soon as he saw Zimmerman, he started explaining what happened. Manalo testified that Zimmerman told him that he was defending himself when he shot Martin. Manalo also testified that after police arrived, Zimmerman asked him to call his wife and "tell her I shot someone."<ref name="usa manalo">{{cite news|first=Yamiche |last=Alcindor|title=Zimmerman witness says he tried to break up fight|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/28/zimmerman-trial-witness-says-he-tried-to-stop-fight/2471949/|work=[[USA Today]]|date=June 29, 2013|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name="cbs manalo">{{cite news|author=Crimesider Staff|title=George Zimmerman trial: First week of testimony wraps up in case of Trayvon Martin killing|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57591623-504083/george-zimmerman-trial-first-week-of-testimony-wraps-up-in-case-of-trayvon-martin-killing/|website=[[CBS News]]|date=June 28, 2013|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref>
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Rachel Jeantel, Witness No. 8, was a friend of Martin's in elementary school and high school.
Jeantel testified that she was on the phone with Martin during the incident and that they were on the phone together while Martin was at the 7-Eleven. The call was disconnected and Martin later called her back. Jeantel testified that during the second call, Martin said a man was watching him, but that she did not think it was a "big idea." Jeantel asked Martin how the man looked and he told her that he was "a creepy-ass cracker." Jeantel warned Martin to walk away because "it might be a rapist." Martin, she said, told her that the "nigga is still following me"<ref name="Jeantel CNN">{{cite news|title=Key witness recounts Trayvon Martin's final phone call|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/justice/zimmerman-trial|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=15 August 2013|date=June 27, 2013}}</ref> so he was going to try to "lose him" and get back to the home where he was staying. As Jeantel remained on the phone with Martin, he said, "The nigga is behind me." The man who was allegedly following him reappeared and Martin said, "Why are you following me for," and then Jeantel heard a hard-breathed man come and say, "What are you doing around here?" Jeantel testified that she said, "Trayvon, Trayvon" and she "started to hear a little bit of Trayvon saying, get off, get off." Jeantel then said she heard Martin's phone headset fall and Martin say, "Get off." The phone went dead and Jeantel said she didn't speak to Martin again. Jeantel also testified that she believed the screams heard on the 911 call were Martin's, because "Trayvon has kind of a baby voice."<ref name="Jeantel HuffPost">{{cite news|title=Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin Friend: Teen Was Trying To Escape George Zimmerman|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/rachel-jeantel-trayvon-martin_n_3505587.html|website=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=15 August 2013|first=Danielle|last=Cadet|date=June 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="fox jeantel">{{cite news|author=[[Fox News]]|title=Teen who spoke to Trayvon Martin moments before his death testifies in Zimmerman trial|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/26/judge-in-trayvon-martin-case-weighs-police-calls/|website=[[Fox News]]|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name="abc jeantel">{{cite web|first1=Seni |last1=Tienabeso |first2=Matt |last2=Gutman |title=George Zimmerman witness can't say who threw first punch|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-witness-threw-punch/story?id=19504826|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name="msnbc jeantel">{{cite web|first=Sarah |last=Muller|title=Zimmerman case: Is Rachel Jeantel on trial too?|url=http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/29/zimmerman-case-is-rachel-jeantel-on-trial-too/|website=[[MSNBC]]|date=June 29, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref>
On cross-examination by defense attorney Don West, Jeantel testified that she had lied about her reasons for not going to Martin's funeral and said the reason she didn't go was because she felt guilty and didn't want to see the body. West asked her why she didn't call police after the phone went dead. Jeantel said, "I thought he was going to be OK because he was right by his daddy's house." West also asked her about the last thing she had heard, which was "something hitting somebody." Jeantel told West that "Trayvon got hit," and West then asked her, "You don't know that, do you?" Jeantel testified, "No sir."<ref name="fox jeantel"/><ref name="abc jeantel"/><ref name="msnbc jeantel"/>
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==Defense's case==
On July 5, the defense began presenting their case to the jury.<ref name="defense 1">{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Gutman |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Two Mothers Testify in Zimmerman Trial |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-death-mothers-testify-19603528 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref><ref name="defense 3" />
===Testimony===
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Juror B37 told Cooper that she believed "It pretty much happened the way George said it happened."<ref name="nytjb37">{{cite news |last=Alvarez |first=Lizette |date=July 15, 2013 |title=Zimmerman juror discusses how verdict was reached |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/us/zimmerman-juror-discusses-how-verdict-was-reached.html}}</ref> She believed the defense's argument that Martin had thrown the first punch in the confrontation and that it was Zimmerman's calls for help that were heard on the 911 call recordings, and she said that Zimmerman, fearing he was at risk of bodily harm or even loss of his life, had had a right to protect himself.<ref name="cnn juror" /> In response to Cooper's questioning, she said that former lead police investigator Chris Serino's testimony that he had believed Zimmerman was telling the truth had made a strong impression on her (although Judge Nelson had instructed the jury that they should disregard Serino's comment and not consider it in rendering a verdict).<ref>{{cite news |last=Alcindor |first=Yamiche |date=July 6, 2013 |title=Experts: prosecutors failed to humanize Trayvon |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/16/zimmerman-trayvon-juror-b37/2521529/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Greg |date=July 16, 2013 |title=Juror B37 speaks out about Zimmerman verdict |website=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/07/16/202566703/juror-b-37-speaks-out-about-zimmerman-verdict}}</ref> Juror B37 also said that she did not believe Zimmerman had made any assumptions about Martin on the basis of Martin's skin color: "I think all of us thought race did not play a role.... We never had that discussion."<ref name="cnn juror" /> The juror said she believed that ultimately both Martin and Zimmerman were partly to blame for the outcome. "It's a tragedy this happened. But it happened.... And I think both were responsible for the situation they had gotten themselves into. I think both of them could have walked away. It just didn't happen."<ref name="cnn juror" />
On the same day that Juror B37's interview with Anderson Cooper was broadcast, it was announced that Juror B37 and her attorney husband had contacted a literary agent on July 14, one day following the conclusion of the trial, and had signed to write a book about the case.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rudra |first=Geetika |date=July 15, 2013 |title=George Zimmerman juror B37 to write book |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-juror-b37-write-book/story?id=19669496}}</ref> The next day, the literary agent tweeted that she was rescinding her offer of representing her "after careful consideration." An online campaign, particularly on [[Black Twitter]], to stop the publication had garnered over one thousand signatures at change.org. Neither the juror nor her agent said the campaign was the reason for cancelling the project. The literary agent released a statement from Juror B37 on Twitter which said the "isolation shielded me from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case."<ref>{{cite news |last=Zak |first=Dan |date=July 16, 2013 |title=Juror B37 and the Zimmerman trial book deal that wasn't |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/07/16/juror-b37-and-the-zimmerman-trial-book-deal-that-wasnt/ |access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref>
Four of the other jurors released a statement saying that Juror B37's views should not be regarded as representative of their views on the trial.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Susan |date=July 16, 2013 |title=4 Zimmerman jurors: B-37 does not speak for us |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-jurors-react-20130716,0,7721592.story}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Statement released from the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. [http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2013/07/16/Jurors_Statement.pdf State vs. Zimmerman jurors' request for privacy]|group = "Note"}}
=== B29 ===
Juror B29, a 36-year-old Puerto Rican mother of eight children, who was living in Chicago at the time of the shooting, was interviewed about the trial on July 25.<ref name="goodmorningamerica">{{cite news |last=Newcomb |first=Alyssa |date=July 25, 2013 |title=George Zimmerman juror says he 'Got away with murder' |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-juror-murder/story?id=19770659}}</ref> She said, "George Zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from God. And at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with."<ref name="maddyos">{{cite news |last1=Boedeker |first1=Hal |last2=Pavuk |first2=Amy |date=July 25, 2013 |title=George Zimmerman trial juror tells ABC: 'He got away with murder' |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-juror-b29-speaks-20130725,0,5994454.story}}</ref> She said that as the jury began deliberations, she wanted to convict Zimmerman of second-degree murder, and she held to her position that Zimmerman should be found guilty even after all the other jurors had decided to find him not guilty.<ref name="goodmorningamerica" /> However, she said that after nine hours of deliberations, she realized that there was not enough evidence to convict Zimmerman under Florida law: "As the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't say he's guilty....you can't put the man in jail even though in our hearts we felt he was guilty."<ref name="maddyos" /> The juror said that she felt like she owed Martin's parents an apology because she felt she had let them down.<ref name="goodmorningamerica" />
==Public response==
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