(CNN) — George Zimmerman says he still gets death threats, is still accused of being a racist and is still a lightning rod for criticism.
But in the end, there’s only one judge who matters, he told CNN.
“God,” Zimmerman said in an interview broadcast on CNN’s “New Day” on Monday. “I know that ultimately, he’s the only judge that I have to answer to.
“He knows what happened. I know what happened. So I’d leave it up to him.”
It’s been seven months since a Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Trayvon Martin’s death.
Zimmerman thought his life would go back to normal.
Troubles often follow high-profile acquittals.
“I was hoping for that,” he told Chris Cuomo.
But nearly two years after the night when Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Martin in a Florida subdivision, life is anything but the way it used to be for the 30-year-old former neighborhood watchman.
His run-ins with law enforcement since the trial’s July conclusion have kept his name in the headlines. He’s recently drawn renewed criticism for using his notoriety to hawk his own artwork.
And now, the man who once aspired to become a police officer tells CNN he’s hoping to go back to school and pursue a career as a lawyer “to stop the miscarriage of justice.”
“I’d like to professionally … continue my education and hopefully become an attorney,” he said. “I think that’s the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. I don’t think it should ever happen to anyone ever again, not one person.”
Zimmerman maintains that he acted in self-defense within the law when he shot Martin.
And he says he was a scapegoat for “the government, the President, the attorney general.”
You can read more from CNN’s latest interview here.
