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Zimmerman Trial Juror B-29: Not enough proof to convict, Zimmerman 'got away with murder'

Zimmerman Trial Juror B-29: 'I was the juror that was going to give them a hung jury. I fought to the end.'

A聽juror聽said in an interview made available Thursday that she feels neighborhood watch volunteer George聽Zimmerman聽got away with murder for fatally shooting unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, but that there wasn't enough evidence at聽trial聽to convict him under Florida law.

Zimmerman聽was acquitted earlier this month of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the 2012 slaying of the unarmed 17-year-old. The Miami teenager was shot and killed during a confrontation withZimmerman. The case spawned heated national debates about racial profiling and the so-called Stand Your Ground self-defense laws in Florida and other states.

闯耻谤辞谤听叠29听迟辞濒诲 ABC News that she favored convicting聽Zimmerman聽of second-degree murder when deliberations began by the six-member, all-women jury.

"I was the聽juror聽that was going to give them a hung jury," she said. "I fought to the end."

But by the second day of deliberating, she realized there wasn't enough proof to convict the 29-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer of a crime.

"George聽Zimmerman聽got away with murder, but you can't get away from God," she said. "And at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with."

Zimmerman聽was seen publicly for the first time last week when he assisted a family after their vehicle flipped over on a Florida highway.

Juror聽B29聽is the second panelist to go public with what went on during deliberations earlier this month. She allowed her face to be shown and used her first name, Maddy, unlike聽Juror聽B37, who was interviewed on CNN last week with her face obscured.

Four聽jurors, not including the one interviewed by ABC, issued a statement last week saying the opinions expressed by聽Juror聽B37 to CNN's Anderson Cooper did not represent their views.

That聽juror聽said the actions of聽Zimmerman聽and Martin both led to the teenager's fatal shooting, but thatZimmerman聽didn't actually break the law.

Juror聽B29聽also told ABC that she didn't believe race was an issue at the聽trial. Though the judge so far has refused to release the names or biographical information about the聽jurors,聽B29聽said she was 36 years old and Puerto Rican.

Martin was black and聽Zimmerman聽identifies himself as Hispanic. Martin's parents believe聽Zimmerman聽racially profiled their son when he started following him after spotting him walking through the neighborhood whereZimmerman聽lived and Martin was visiting.聽Juror聽B29聽said she couldn't speak for her fellow聽jurors聽on the race issue. The other women on the jury were white.

Juror聽B29聽is a nursing assistant and mother of eight children who recently moved to Florida from Chicago.

She said she feels like she owes Martin's parents an apology.

"I felt like I let a lot of people down, and I'm thinking to myself, 'Did I go the right way? Did I go the wrong way?'" she said. "As much as we were trying to find this man guilty ... They give you a booklet that basically tells you the truth, and the truth is that there was nothing that we could do about it."