Zimmerman juror gets book agent

[Bigleaf]

Source: NBC News

One of the six anonymous jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin has signed with a literary agent to write a book about the case less than 48 hours after the verdict.

The woman, known only as Juror B37 under court order, will enlist her husband, an attorney who works in the aerospace industry, as her co-author, agent Sharlene Martin said in a statement Monday.


Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/15/19488815-zimmerman-juror-gets-book-agent?lite

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Yeah,....the world needs more FICTION....

Wonder if they cleared her parking tickets.

[Bluzmann57]

2. And it'll sell millions of copies

Although not in this household.

[kelliekat44]

17. Only the RW and gun lovers will buy it. Hope she takes a million of their dollars. nt

[Chakab]

38. You mean that RW think tanks and media outlets will buy millions of copies

and give them away for free every time somebody signs up at Town Hall or subscribes to the weekly standard. That's how all of the cooks get on the NY Times best seller list.

[noiretextatique]

3. reprehensible

yet another asshole looking to make a buck form this kid's death. and a juror, no less. there ought to be a law...

[notadmblnd]

4. She's as dumb as a rock and is married to an attorney?

A similar post was made a while ago and someone posted that, she doesn't watch the news, doesn't read the paper, but she had a book deal in the works when she took her spot on the jury? Yeah, riiiight.

[JI7]

22. Gohmert and Bachman are lawyers also

[azurnoir]

5. and what will the title be

How to legally kill Black males in Florida? or how I helped make it legal to kill Blacks in Florida? or how to profit from killing Blacks in Florida?

disgusting

[defacto7]

6. What a set up..

It means she will talk to the agent for a couple of hours and someone else will write a book with her name on it. So much money to be made on the murder of an innocent black child. There is no self respect in this act. No matter what is written, it's bullshit.

[avebury]

7. And do you think the Judge will order an

investigation to see how the book deal came about? Was she in communications with her husband or Sharon Martin about the case before the case was over?

[defacto7]

8. Investigation? nope.

It would matter anyway.

[avebury]

9. It could raise a question on the jury's

verdict and what went on behind closed doors during deliberations (as well as what that particular juror was doing all throughout the trial).

[noiretextatique]

11. i agree...and i think there will be more "revelations" from this jury

just a hunch.

[defacto7]

18. If the idea is to satisfy a curiosity, then sure.

But it won't make any difference to the realities of this trial. That won't change no matter what happened behind closed doors unless it was vastly corrupt and that is very unlikely to be the case. Was it possibly corrupt enough to play into the hands of state officials and local governments? Yes, to the point of still being relatively legal... corrupt enough to get a retrial or change the outcome? no.

[sulphurdunn]

12. I think maybe the defense

and the prosecution got the verdict they wanted in this, so no, I doubt there will be an investigation that doesn't itself have a predetermined outcome.

[asjr]

10. I did not realize it would be this soon but

that juror thinks she will make lots of money over Trayvon Martin's body!

[sulphurdunn]

13. Zimmerman's book deal

should be at least six maybe seven digits.

[bunnies]

14. She knows the trial was on tv, right?

WTF could she possibly have to say that would warrant writing a book? How revolting does one have to be to stoop so low...

[SCVDem]

15. I'm 58 and white

I am so tired of this racist shit!

We are either We the People or our country is tucked.

I Stand With Trayvon!

[Marrah_G]

16. Nasty- people have no shame

Making money off the blood of a dead kid.

[KarenS]

19. ok,,,, I supported the jurors staying anonymous,,,,

I felt like it made sense BUT not if a juror is getting freaking book deal!!

This is both shameless and shameful on her part.

[jessie04]

20. Gee..almost like she WANTED to be on the jury so she could write a book.

I wouldn't spend a plugged nickel on that bs.

[BronxBoy]

36. Yep....

You don't come out with a book deal the day after a verdict. If it was such a harrowing experience for her, you think she would take the time to sit back and reflect on the experience.

Seems like she had an agenda and searching for justice wasn't one of them.

[jessie04]

40. Justice ??

This brain dead agenda-driven pos wouldn't know justice if it hit her in her empty head.

[FarPoint]

21. Time for our very first

Book Burning......

Question....Did she turn in all her jury service notes from the trial? When I served in March on a criminal trial, my notes were always left for the Bailiff and not ever for taking home.

This juror will make blood money.

[Lee-Lee]

23. If you are on a jury in a high profile case

and plan to try and sell a book after, would a desire to have the most controversy from the verdict, and therefore the most interest in the book, change your judgement?

Seems like an argument could be made this juror had a financial interest in making the verdict as controversial as possible.

[orleans]

35. very good point. n/t

[Ash_F]

24. Wow. Rubbing it in aren't they? /nt

[onehandle]

25. And called Trayvon ‘A Boy of Color.’

Racist.

[EV_Ares]

26. The more I read or hear about this trial the more it sickens me. This woman votes to acquit

Zimmerman then turns around to make money off of a teenager who did not seem to even have a voice at his trial. It seemed more to me that Trayvon was on trial then GZ. Disgusting.

Ann Coulter tweeting "Hallelujah" after the verdict was announced, Gingrich's comments on top of a lot of republicans.

I hope there is a turn of good events somewhere down the line.

[blkmusclmachine]

27. +1. "It seemed more to me that Trayvon was on trial than GZ.."

[Jefferson23]

28. This juror gave an interview with Anderson Cooper. She believed Zimmerman's story, did not

see the case as motivated by race, no stereotypes. He, Trayvon, was suspicious looking
because he was walking through yards, looking in windows. She bought his entire version...sad.

She did say that some, wanted to find him guilty of something and the explanation of
the law and it's applicability, was confusing.


She comes off, imo, as out of touch, clueless, and a bit conflicted too.

[davidpdx]

29. So did that interview aired already?

I'm quite shocked right out of the gate one of them would do an interview.

[Jefferson23]

30. Yes, it was on this last hour. Here is a link, not sure they will have the transcript

up or not.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/15/tonight-on-ac360-zimmerman-trial-juror-exclusive/

Btw, As far as I know, Cooper did not reveal she has a book deal until after the interview.

[davidpdx]

31. Thanks

I think they show it on tape delay here in Korea later.

Edit: They are showing clips on Piers Morgan. Of all the people they could have on the show, they have Cheney Mason (one of Casey Anthony's lawyer)

[Jefferson23]

34. You're welcome. Pierce Morgan is there to exploit, not that Cooper is much better. n/t

[davidpdx]

37. I found out Cooper was on at 11am

(an hour ago) and was able to watch the first 7-8 minutes before I had to run out to do stuff before it starts pouring (monsoons). I got back about quarter to, and we able to watch the last 15 minutes so I missed most of it. Apparently there is going to be more tomorrow.

[SoapBox]

32. OMG...I just heard this woman talking on the radio...

from the CNN interview.

There is a "tone" in her voice...and I'll be damned if she didn't have some ax to grind against Martin...especially when
she started referring to Zimmerman as "George".

sickening.

[TeamPooka]

33. Everything the juror knows will be in that book....

It will be a very thin volume.

[warrior1]

39. I just read on Twitter that the book agent dropped her