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According to the Christian Post, Former president Jimmy Carter said in a recent interview that he believes the six woman jury in Sanford, Fla. made the “right decision” when they acquitted George Zimmerman of second degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Trayvon Martin on Saturday. While speaking with a local Atlanta, Ga. news station, the 39th president argued that the jurors were not commissioned to make a moral decision, but rather a legal one based on evidence. “I think the jury made the right decision based in the evidence presented because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman and that he was not defending himself and so forth, It’s not a moral question, it’s a legal question and the American law requires that the jury listens to the evidence presented,” Carter added. When asked if the Zimmerman verdict says anything about race in America, Carter responded: “I can’t allege the six jurors […] are not just as sensitive about the race issue as I am or you are,” he said. “I would presume they listened to the evidence.” Following Zimmerman’s acquittal on Saturday, President Barack Obama, who previously said if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon Martin, released a statement encouraging Americans to respect the decision of the jury.