prizm of race at all, yet after the verdict you changed your mind. i have changed my mind, and you re right, because i was seated in the courtroom and i listened to all the evidence come in as a former prosecutor, i didn t see this racial angle. because clearly the government was precluded from arguing race, and they claimed that it was a profiling case. but a criminal profiling case. but i think where i missed that piece was that i think that the jurors, especially when you listen to b37, sort of had these racial biases, these notions running in the backdrop of their mind. it was clear in that interview, it was an us and them reaction. she didn t find rachel relatable. she did relate to george zimmerman. so i think it was race was that elephant in the room that made its way into the jury room. mark, you said after jury selection when there was no
listen to b37, sort of had these racial biases, these notions running in the backdrop of their mind. it was clear in that interview, it was an us and them reaction. she didn t find rachel relatable. she did relate to george zimmerman. so i think it was race was that elephant in the room that made its way into the jury room. mark, you said after jury selection when there was no african-american on the jury, you said this trial is over. and we saw that it was. i mean, there is no way that you can divorce race from the criminal justice system in america. i don t care where you are, where you re trying a case, race is absolutely the central feature of the criminal justice system. it has been for over 100 years. it is as much today as it ever has been. i mean, we may not overtly talk
piece was that i think that the jurors, especially when you listen to b-37, sort of had these racial biases, these notions running in the backdrop of their mind. it was clear in that interview, it was an us and them reaction. she didn t find rachel relatable. she did relate to george zimmerman. so i think it was race was that elephant in the room that made its way into the jury room. mark, you said after jury selection when there was no african-american on the jury, you said this trial is over. and we saw that it was. i mean, there is no way that you can divorce race from the criminal justice system in america. i don t care where you are, where you re trying a case, race is absolutely the central feature of the criminal justice system. it has been for over 100 years. it is as much today as it ever has been. i mean, we may not overtly talk