 Updated: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:08:27 GMT | By The Associated
Press, cbc.ca  Zimmerman jurors question judge on manslaughter
charge  Zimmerman jurors question judge on manslaughter charge
Jurors deciding whether George Zimmerman committed a crime when
he fatally shot Trayvon Martin asked Saturday for clarification
on the charge of manslaughter — a possible indication they were
considering the lesser charge instead of second-degree murder.
They also asked for dinner, an apparent sign they planned to
deliberate for at least an hour or more beyond the eight hours
they already had put in during their second day.  "May we please
have clarification on the instructions regarding manslaughter,"
Judge Debra Nelson read from the six-member, all-woman jury's
note before a courtroom that had rapidly filled up with lawyers,
reporters and members of the families of Martin and Zimmerman.
As jurors awaited an answer, Nelson talked to lawyers at the
bench and after a half-hour recess, they agreed to send a note
back asking t