George Zimmerman laughs during a humorous moment as his defense counsel Mark O'Mara questions potential jurors for his trial in Seminole circuit court June 20 in Sanford, Florida.
George Zimmerman’s fate is in the hands of six women.
Five white women and a woman who sources said was half-black and half-Hispanic were chosen Thursday to serve on the jury in the racially charged trial of the neighborhood watchman charged with gunning down black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Four alternates were also chosen — two white women, one white man, and a Hispanic male.
Before the jury was sworn in, Judge Debra Nelson asked Zimmerman if he was satisfied with the panel.
“Yes, your honor,” he replied. Opening statements in the trial will begin at 9 a.m. Monday. It took two weeks to pick this panel for a case that caused a national uproar and reignited the debate over unequal justice when Sanford, Fla., police refused at first to charge Zimmerman with a crime.
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