Why Donald Trump Is the Key to Paul Manafort's Defense
Manafort's first trial offers the prosecution and defense teams a guide for picking jurors for his second, which began today.
Robert Hirschhorn knew exactly the type of jurors he wanted in the months before the trial of George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin, in 2013. At the time, Zimmerman was “the most hated man in America,” said Hirschhorn. “I particularly wanted women in that jury. I had concluded that if a woman was getting her head pounded into the cement, and she had a gun on her, she would be more inclined to reach for that gun than a man.”
An all-female jury acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the killing of Martin. Zimmerman claimed he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense, but others saw the shooting as racially motivated and that
