News that Zimmerman juror B37 signed a book deal to tell the story of the deliberation that let Trayvon Martin’s killer off scot-free hit pretty quickly after the verdict was handed down. But as quickly as the unnamed juror inked a book deal, she seems to changed her mind and ripped the agreement up.
Fox News reports that the juror’s book deal with Martin Literary Management, announced Monday, is no more.
She planned to write about her time on the jury in what would have proven to be a controversial book, but has backed out of the deal and no longer wants to tell her story.
Zimmerman juror B37 in her own words:
“I realize it was necessary for our jury to be sequestered in order to protest our verdict from unfair outside influence, but that isolation shielded me from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case.
“The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband’s perspectives solely and it was to be an observation that our ‘system’ of justice can get so complicated that it creates a conflict with our ‘spirit’ of justice,” she explained in a statement.
“Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury.”
What we know about the jury deliberations in the George Zimmerman trial will instead come from the countless interviews that B37 has granted since the verdict.”Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury.”
Speaking to CNN ‘s Anderson Cooper , she revealed that she was always in favor of acquittal, but that the first vote was split down the middle: Three for acquittal, two for manslaughter, one for second-degree murder.
“That’s why it took us so long,” she said of the day-and-a-half deliberation.
She explained that charging Zimmerman was complex, due to confusing Florida law and other unclear aspects about the case. While many jurors wanted to find Zimmerman guilty of something, none of their choices fit the bill.
She also said that the jury did not view race as an aspect in the case, leaving such charges to the Justice Department (should they choose to file civil rights charges against Zimmerman ).
Check out Anderson Cooper’s interview with Zimmerman juror B37 below: