George Zimmerman Judge Orders Jury to Be Sequestered During Trial

The Florida judge presiding over George Zimmerman's murder trial reversed herself today and announced that the jurors will be sequestered for the trial. The Florida judge presiding over George Zimmerman's murder trial reversed herself today and announced that the jurors will be sequestered for the test.

In February 2012, Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed 17-year-old  Trayvon Martin after a confrontation in the dark.

Judge Debra Nelson said that during the trial she will consider motions to admit details as evidence on a case-by-case basis, outside the presence of jurors who will decide if Zimmerman is guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin.

Earlier the judge had ruled that the six-member jury and four alternates would be anonymous, but declined to have them sequestered. The racially charged case has attracted national attention.

Jurors are rarely sequestered, isolated by the court away from their families and their homes, for a second degree murder trial. On Wednesday, a potential juror assigned the number E7 told the court he had little knowledge about the case. However on an earlier Facebook posting months ago the juror appeared to have written “I CAN tell you THIS. Justice…IS coming”.

An ABC News search of the Facebook page revealed that a person resembling E7 wrote on March 21, 2012 the same date as on the court record.

The posting also alleged a conspiracy involving Zimmerman and local police.Both counsels approached the bench, and the judge asked him about a Facebook post, and he confirmed it was his. Lawyers from both sides today were confronted with outright bias by potential jurors.

In four days of jury selection at least 24 jurors are in the potential jury pool and 85 have been dismissed. Lawyers on both sides are trying to find 40 potential jurors before they begin a more intense question-and-answer session known as voire dire.

Both sides are wary of potential moles, individuals who say they know little about the case that made national headlines because they are eager to be picked.

The stealth juror is one that says the answers that everyone wants to hear but inside has a secret, hidden agenda, said veteran defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh, a legal analyst. Analysts say Nelson's decision to sequester the jury could be to protect them from outside influence.