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Its been just over a year since the world was introduced to Rachel Jeantel, the friend of Trayvon Martins who testified on behalf of the prosecution in the George Zimmerman murder trial, but may have ended up doing more harm than good.
CNN caught up with Jeantel this week, asking her if she blamed herself when Zimmerman went free. A little bit, she replied. Asked if she should have said something different or acted differently on the stand, she answered, Act different. Jeantel said the jurors in the case didnt take her seriously as a witness, judging her for the way she looks and talks.
While Jeantels reading level was not above that of a third grader last summer, she has since turned her life around, undergoing intensive tutoring and graduating from high school this spring. She now credits the turnaround to her experience with the trial, saying she kept her word to Trayvon Martin to complete her high school education.
But the frank attitude she displayed in the courtroom was still there when the reporter asked her what she would say to Zimmerman today. He did wrong, and hes got to man up to it, she said. To me, youre not a man, George Zimmermans not a man. Thats still a little boy, with a grown body.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rachel-jeantel-blames-herself-for-letting-george-zimmerman-walk-free/
CNN caught up with Jeantel this week, asking her if she blamed herself when Zimmerman went free. A little bit, she replied. Asked if she should have said something different or acted differently on the stand, she answered, Act different. Jeantel said the jurors in the case didnt take her seriously as a witness, judging her for the way she looks and talks.
While Jeantels reading level was not above that of a third grader last summer, she has since turned her life around, undergoing intensive tutoring and graduating from high school this spring. She now credits the turnaround to her experience with the trial, saying she kept her word to Trayvon Martin to complete her high school education.
But the frank attitude she displayed in the courtroom was still there when the reporter asked her what she would say to Zimmerman today. He did wrong, and hes got to man up to it, she said. To me, youre not a man, George Zimmermans not a man. Thats still a little boy, with a grown body.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rachel-jeantel-blames-herself-for-letting-george-zimmerman-walk-free/