looking live into the courtroom. as they ve said, he packed on in pounds and has changed his demeanor a little bit in the courtroom as they begin to pick these jurors. i mentioned a moment ago we had six women who will be only six jurors to hear the case. that s standard in florida in a second degree murder trial. and they re picking four alternates. listen here. i don t want to dismiss one of our ten. she said i don t want to dismiss one of our ten. is phil keeting in place? i ll get phil keeting in place. arthur is here. six women, defense attorney. what does this mean? it s not typical. usually have a male in there some ways. as a defense attorney you like to have women because the prejudice that s what it
selection resumes tomorrow in the second degree murder trial of george zimmerman. but finding people who live in that area who haven t already formed an opinion of what happened the night trayvon martin was killed has not been easy. nbc s kerry sanders joins us live now from sanford, florida. what are the numerous complications that they re having in putting this jury together? reporter: really quite a few, mara. but you sort of hit it on setting aside the things that they think they know and accepting only the facts because so many people have already formed an opinion here. so in addition to that, there is yet another problem, finding jurors who admit and say to the judge that yes, they can put their life on hold for up to a month. in her matter of fact style judge debra nelson now says those selected to sit on this jury will not be allowed to go home until there s a verdict. both sides have stipulated that they anticipate that this trial will last between two and four weeks. bas
that. we want to ed to sanford, florida where a judge decided the jury in george zimmerman s second degree murder trial will be sequestered. zimmerman is accused of shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin last year. he claims he shot the florida teen in self-defense and pleaded not guilty. the trial is expected to last as long as a month. so mark, why would the judge wait until now to announce a sequestration? i think she was simply holding out to determine whether the jury needed to be sequestered. it s a big deal. a lot of expecpense and resourc are spent housing a jury. so there s a lot to it. and it s a tremendous inconvenience for the jurors. but as you heard the questions being asked and the answers coming today, it s pretty obvious that she needed to do that. people were talking about family
himself. surveillance video showed a brief verbal dispute before the shooting. two men and two women killed are reportedly all immigrants from somalia. a florida judge in the george zimmerman trial reversed herself in deciding to sequester the jury. jurors are rarely sequestered for a second degree murder trial. her decision came after suspicious testimony by potential juror feared it could taint the pool of jurors. the racially charged trial for the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin is expected to last two to four weeks. the supreme court issued a landmark ruling that will profoundly impact millions of american women and involves one company s attempt to patent human genes and getting lots of attention because of hollywood royalty. abc s terry moran has the details. reporter: angelina jolie walked the red carpet her story and so many others linked with the landmark case. i feel great. i feel wonderful. reporter: in february, angelina jolie underwent a preventative
about. don? ed, thank you very much for that. we want to ed to sanford, florida where a judge decided the jury in george zimmerman s second degree murder trial will be sequestered. zimmerman is accused of shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin last year. he claims he shot the florida teen in self-defense and pleaded not guilty. the trial is expected to last as long as a month. so mark, why would the judge wait until now to announce a sequestration? i think she was simply holding out to determine whether the jury needed to be sequestered. it s a big deal. a lot of expense and resources are spent housing a jury. so there s a lot to it. and it s a tremendous inconvenience for the jurors. but as you heard the questions being asked and the answers coming today, it s pretty obvious that she needed to do that. people were talking about family