Do you think it would have been more or less just to have the judge hear the case without a jury?

Ponder for a moment about how you would feel if a judge, rather than a jury, presided over the State of Florida v Zimmerman (Links to an external site.) trial in Florida (the Trayvon Martin murder case). Do you think it would have been more or less just to have the judge hear the case without a jury? Explain your answer.