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George Zimmerman Update: juror says defendant "got away with murder," feels she owes Trayvon Martin's parents an apology

Host Robin Roberts, left, with Juror B29 from the George Zimmerman trial, center, and attorney David Chico on "Good Morning America," in New York on Thursday, July 25, 2013. AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik

Updated 11:30 AM ET

(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Trayvon Martin's mother says it was "devastating" to hear that one of the jurors in the George Zimmerman trial believes Zimmerman "got away with murder" for the death of her son. A woman known as Juror 29 became the second juror to speak publicly about the case, saying in an interview Thursday that she initially wanted to find Zimmerman guilty. But she said there wasn't enough evidence to convict him under Florida law.

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Juror B29 told ABC News' Robin Roberts that she favored convicting Zimmerman of second-degree murder when deliberations began. But by the second day of deliberating, she realized there wasn't enough proof to convict Zimmerman of a crime under Florida law.

"George Zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from God," she said in the interview. "And at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with."

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Unlike the first juror who spoke publicly about the case on CNN last week, Juror B29 allowed her face to be seen and used her first name, Maddy.

Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, issued a statement Thursday in response to Juror B29's comments: "It is devastating for my family to hear the comments from juror B29, comments which we already knew in our hearts to be true. That George Zimmerman literally got away with murder. This new information challenges our nation once again to do everything we can to make sure that this never happens to another child. That's why Tracy and I have launched The Trayvon Martin Foundation to try and take something very painful and negative and turn it into something positive as a legacy to our son."

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