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I FIND THAT INCREDIBLY PA
PATRONIZING.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE JUROR
GAVE A VERY GOOD INTERVIEW TO
ANDERSON, WAS VERY ARTICULATE
AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AND I GOT A
REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT
JURY HAD GONE THROUGH AND THEIR
PROCESS IN THEIR HEADS.
SXIF A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR
ANY JURY, BY THE WAY.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LAW
THAT THEY HAD TO MEET THE
CRITERIA FOR.
BUT NOT THE JURY AND THEIR
DELIBERATIONS.
BUT WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT RACHEL
JEANTEL BEING UNEDUCATED, THIS
AND THAT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE'S
PUTTING HER HAND ON HER HEAD AND
SAYING THERE THERE, LITTLE GIRL.
RACHEL JEANTEL IS NOT
UNEDUCATED.
SHE'S A SMART COOKIE.
WHAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE WAS THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT DON WEST
CREATED IN THAT COURTROOM OF
HOSTILITY.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
>> MORE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
HER.
DID YOU GET A SENSE OF THINGS
THAT SHE STILL WANTED TO SAY,
THAT SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO GO
BACK AND REDO?
>> I THINK SHE REGRETTED THE
FACT, AND THIS MAY HAVE COME OUT
MORE FROM PART OF THE INTERVIEW
AND ALSO WHEN I SPOKE TO HER,
THAT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HAD A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO APPEARED IN
COURT WHO GAVE GREAT CHARACTER
WITNESS FOR HIM.
AND THAT CLEARLY IMPACTED ON THE
JURY.
YOU COULD HEAR THAT JURY LAST
NIGHT TALKING ABOUT GEORGE THIS,
GEORGE THAT.
SHE FELT AN ENGAGEMENT WITH HIM
ON A HUMAN LEVEL.
WHICH I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM
FELT WITH TRAYVON MARTIN BECAUSE
THE -- AGAIN, I BLAME THE
PROSECUTION FOR THIS.
I BLAME THEM FOR MANY THINGS.
YOU KNOW, OVERCHARGING IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
HAD THEY GONE FOR MANSLAUGHTER,
THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN A
CONVICTION.
I THINK THE WAY THAT THEY BUILT
UP A PICTURE OF TRAYVON WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL.
RACHEL JEANTEL TOLD US MORE
ABOUT TRAYVON MARTIN LAST NIGHT
IN 25 MINUTES THAN I HEARD IN
THE ENTIRE TRIAL.
AND YOU GOT A PICTURE NOT OF AN
AGGRESSIVE THUG BUT OF A RATHER
SWEET, QUITE QUIET YOUNG
TEENAGER GOING ABOUT HIS
BUSINESS.
NEVER BEEN IN MUCH TROUBLE.
TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF WEED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
TEENAGERS DO THAT.
A LOT OF ADULTS DO THAT.
SOMEBODY WHO WAS VERY UNLIKELY
TO BE THE INSTIGATOR OF A
VIOLENT ACT THAT COULD LEAD TO
THE KILLING OF GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TESTIMONY
THAT UNFORTUNATELY SHE GAVE
OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM.
>> AFTER THE TRIAL HAD FINISHED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND TALKING ABOUT IT WITH US
HERE AND FOR SUCH A GREAT
INTERVIEW WITH HER AND GIVING
HER A CHANCE TO BE HEARD.
I HAD I THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
ALL DESIRE IN LIFE, ISN'T IT?
>> I'M PLEASED SHE HAD THAT
CHANCE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY
DIFFERENT RACHEL JEANTEL NOW IN