Can George Zimmerman get a fair trial in the Trayvon Martin murder case? The Week’s Harold Maas:
Jury selection began Monday in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Zimmerman, who is white and Latino, says he shot Martin, an unarmed black teen, in self-defense. The racially charged case has been splashed in the headlines for more than a year, and Zimmerman’s brother, Robert, says he doubts it will possible to find impartial jurors. After all the publicity, is there any chance the trial be fair?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.