Jimmy Carter: Jury made ‘right decision’ [View all]
Source: The Hill
Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the Florida jury which acquitted George Zimmerman of second degree murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin made the “right decision.”
"I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman and that he was not defending himself and so forth," Carter said Tuesday in an interview with Atlanta TV station WXIA. "It's not a moral question, it was legal question and the American law requires that the jury listens to the evidence presented."
The jury verdict on Saturday exonerating Zimmerman who shot Martin, an unarmed black teenager after a confrontation in February of 2012 sparked nationwide protests.
The Justice Department has also begun reviewing the case to decide whether to press civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
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