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THE ZIMMERMAN PANEL, LIFE MAY
NOT BE THE SAME AGAIN.
SO FAR, THIS IS ALL WE'VE HEARD
FROM THEM.
THE SIX WOMEN WHO ACQUITTED
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN ARE STILL
ANONYMOUS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN JUDGE DEBORAH
NELSON MIGHT LIFT AN ORDER WHICH
KEEPS THE JURORS' NAMES SECRET,
BUT IT SEEMS NOW THAT LIKE
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, THE MEMBERS OF
THIS PANEL ARE DEALING WITH
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BACKLASH.
>> THE SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN.
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
INVOLVED WITH THE SYSTEM, LIKE
THE JURORS THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S IN STORE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ZIMMERMAN JURY IF
THEIR NAMES ARE MADE PUBLIC?
WE SPOKE TO JURORS FROM OTHER
HIGHLY CHARGED CASES.
TARA KELLY WAS AN ALTERNATE ON
THE JURY THAT CONVICTED JODI
ARIAS OF MURDERING HER
EX-BOYFRIEND.
SHE SAYS IT'S A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT WORLD ONCE YOUR NAME
IS OUT THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, I HAD PEOPLE
GOOGLING ME AND SHOPPING
PICTURES OFF MY FACEBOOK OF MY
KID AND MY FAMILY.
IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT
CAN GET UGLY.
>> Reporter: DIANE SCHWARTZ WAS
A REGULAR JUROR IN THE ARIAS
TRIAL.
SHE SAYS MOST OF HER
POST-VERDICT EXPERIENCE WAS
MOSTLY POSITIVE.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN
YOUR LIFE AFTER A CASE LIKE
THIS?
>> FOR US, NOT BEING
SEQUESTERED, WE ALL BECAME VERY
CAREFUL WITH WHERE WE WENT, WHO
WE TALKED TO, WHAT WE DID,
BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT THE TRIAL.
>> Reporter: JULIE, PART OF A
PANEL THAT CONVICTED SCOTT
PETERSON IN 2004 OF KILLING HIS
WIFE AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD, HAS
A SIMILAR STORY.
>> I WOULD GO TO WORK, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO ASK ME, OH,
ALL ABOUT -- THEY WANTED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING.
WHAT WAS THIS LIKE?
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE RANDOM
PEOPLE THAT I NEVER REALLY EVEN
TALKED TO BEFORE.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS OTHERS ON
HER JURY GOT DEATH THREATS.
JUDGE GREGORY MIZE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ZIMMERMAN JURORS'
SAFETY.
HE SAYS THEY MAY ALSO GO THROUGH
WHAT'S CALLED VICARIOUS
TRAUMATIZATION, BEING SO
CONNECTED WITH THE FACTS OF A
TRAGEDY THAT EMOTIONALLY YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IT
YOURSELF.
>> THE JURORS ARE HEARING SOME
VERY DISTURBING THINGS OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU ADD THAT TO THEIR NOT GOING
HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO THEIR
SEQUESTERED LOCATION AT A HOTEL,
YOU ADD ALL OF THAT UP, IT'S
ROUGH.
>> Reporter: JUDGE MIZE SAYS
VERY OFTEN THE COURT WILL OFFER