Proceedings are starting now at 8:30 a.m. on the dot. Baez objecting to rebuttal arguments being split between the prosecutors.
A commentator mentioned today that during the State's opening yesterday, one woman had her head down and was writing the entire while Ashton was speaking. She did not look at him, she just wrote. She was a grandmother, don't know if she was the infamous Juror #4, and don't know what it means.
Interesting- I hadn’t heard about the juror writing.
Here is a list of the jurors:
http://crime.about.com:80/od/current/a/Profiles-Of-The-Casey-Anthony-Trial-Jury-Members.htm
Juror No. 4
A black female possibly in her 40’s who said that she did not like to judge people by what other people said about them.
Pre-Trial Publicity: She said nothing that she heard about the case would influence her own opinion.
Death Penalty: She said that she “thinks” she could recommend the death sentence after weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances. “I just don’t like to point my finger at anyone,” she said. “What I mean by that is, judging someone by what they say.”
The prosecution tried three times, once for cause and twice with peremptory challenges, to remove this juror from the panel. The prosecution objected, saying that the challenge was racially biased. Judge Perry agreed, and would not allow the peremptory strike.
I’m not sure what all this body language stuff means. To me it is akin to phrenology - the reading of bumps on the head. TV commentators love this stuff - I actually heard one say that a juror was drumming a pen on her thigh - as if this meant anything.
So I’m not really worried about any of this. Now, a lady who says she has trouble judging anyone - that scares me!
Thank you again for doing this, Truth.
GM all...I didn’t know court started early. Has Ashton been speaking very long?? Did I miss something important?? Happy 4th everyone
“”She was a grandmother, don’t know if she was the infamous Juror #4, and don’t know what it means.””
I heard that and she is Juror #5 and of the same mindset as Juror #4 about “not judging anyone.”
If you come right out and say you are not going to do your job on the jury by judging the defendant, how are you not immediately released from jury duty? Why are you not in contempt of the summons? You can get in more trouble by not showing up for jury duty than by taking up a seat during the trial and not doing your job.