[hinckley buzzard]

The US Constitution says "impartial jury." Some states say "jury of peers." The original phrase came from Great Britain where "peers" meant noblemen (dukes, marquis, barons, etc) presumed to be honorable and fair. The original function of the "jury" in old England was for community leaders of good character to serve in effect as fact finders and not just as a bank of auditors of the facts.

A remnant of this function exists in the concept of "jury nullification," whereby the jury can decide not only on the facts but on the law as well. This reflects ancient practice.

[rktman]

I guess at the time they didn’t use the JOHP phrase in FL. Don’t know if they changed that or not. I seem to remember something about the old English law and the whole nobleman thing. Like they were so righteous. LOL!

[flaglady47]

One of the jurors is partially hispanic, so Zimmerman has a jury of his peers, plus it is politically correct by having the one juror that reflects part of his ethnicity. How the Trayyvon Martin cheerleaders can say anything at all about this chosen jury regarding there being no blacks on it, is beyond me. Trayyvon is not the one being tried, George Zimmerman is. But that won’t stop them from their irrational squawking.