On Saturday, July 13, George Zimmerman was pronounced not guilty of second degree murder for the killing of Trayvon Martin. The jury acquitted him on the grounds of self-defense. What does self-defense mean in a case like this?
Before the trial began, Judge Deborah Nelson forbade use of the term 鈥渞acial profiling鈥� in the courtroom. How does race play into the criminal justice system?
Host Frank Stasio speaks with a panel of experts to discuss these questions and what the Trayvon Martin case in Florida means for us in North Carolina. His guests are:
- is a Professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke University
- is a professor of law at North Carolina Central University and the legal counsel for the North Carolina NAACP
- is Executive Director of the Spirit House
- is a black feminist scholar and poet
