Juror: Dunn Trial Wasn't About Race
LEMON: One of the jurors in the Jordan murder trial -- the murder trial of Michael Dunn, I should say, is breaking her silence. A Florida jury convicted Dunn of three counts of attempted second-degree murder for shooting into an SUV, carrying four black teenagers, but they could not agree on the murder charge stemming from the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. CNN's Alina Machado sat down with the woman known as juror number eight.</s>CRESHUNA MILES, JUROR NO. 8: I never once thought about, oh, this was a black kid, this was white guy, because that was -- that wasn't the case.</s>ALINA MACHADO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, the people who say here's another white guy who got away with shooting and killing a black kid, what would you tell them?</s>MILES: I would tell them that they really should knowledge themself on the law.</s>MACHADO (voice-over): Creshuna Miles is setting the record straight.</s>MILES: I just wanted to bring justice to whoever it was.</s>MACHADO: The 21-year-old was juror number 8 in the Michael Dunn murder trial. She sat down exclusively with CNN to talk about the case and the heated deliberations. (on camera): What was it like inside that deliberation room?</s>MILES: It was wild.</s>MACHADO: Wild as --</s>MILES: Like it was shouting. There was a lot of yelling.</s>MACHADO (voice-over): Miles even shared her impression about Michael Dunn and explain the partial verdict the jury returned. (on camera): What did you think of Michael Dunn?</s>MILES: I honestly think he was a good guy. I think he's a good guy. I don't think he hates everybody. I don't think he walks around wanting to shoot everybody. I think that he made bad decisions.</s>MACHADO: You still think he's guilty of murder, though?</s>MILES: Yes. I really think he's guilty of murder, but not the guilty as charged.</s>MACHADO: First degree, you don't he's guilty --</s>MILES: I think he's guilty of second degree.</s>MACHADO: How difficult was it for you to come back into that courtroom knowing that Jordan Davis' parents were there and that you couldn't agree on a charge related to his death?</s>MILES: It was hard. We were confident and cool with it. But when he sent us back, we were just like, OK, this is the decision we had to make. But when he sent us back we got nervous. We got really nervous. Because we didn't know, do this means this throws out the whole case or is she going to retry him or is the court satisfied with just what happened? Is she going to do more? Is Jordan ever going to get justice? We did not know. And walking back into there I got so nervous because I'm just like, what do we -- what if we completely messed up?</s>MACHADO: Do you feel like you messed up? Do you feel like the jury messed up?</s>MILES: No. I feel like we did what we were supposed to.</s>MACHADO: What would you tell Jordan's family?</s>MILES: I would tell them that from my end, I tried. I really did try. I tried to fight for his son. I saw the look on his dad's face when we were on the stand. And I know it hurts. And it's like, oh, you got this wound to heal and then somebody slices it open again. Because now they got to go through that whole process all over again.</s>LEMON: Alina Machado reporting there. A retired federal prison warden has spent most of his life around prisoners. Now, he wants to help their kids. His story is next.