Posted on 11/13/2004 7:35:12 PM PST by newzjunkey
Dr Gregory Jackson (Doctor-Lawyer) went to the judge Monday, complained they wanted to rush to a verdict and not look at the evidence. That was the cause of the mysterious "open mind" speech to the jury from the judge.
He returned to the judge on Wednesday, claimed the jury wanted to reach a judgement to please the community, claimed they were into book deals and felt they wouldn't be as marketable and other jurors had threatened him and asked to be relieved because he felt he could be coerced into choosing guilty and could no longer be part of the process.
Thank you, Dan Rather.
My guess he wanted to go through his 19 notebooks, one line at a time.
Cyn,
You need to go back and reread my post. I stated that "If this is proven true" I did not make a judgement either way.
It would seem that someone with a preconceived notion about a particular outcome of a trial could be swayed to lean one way or the other depending on how they viewed it affecting their book deal rather than based on the facts of the case.
The Crime Hunter show is up now.
I've got a little more confidence in the judge than that. He's aware of the potential mistrial if he simply kicks off a jury member because "he doesn't like the food."
Because the oath you swear as a juror is to the facts and justice, not your wallet. It's not a matter of "Rights", 1st Amendment or otherwise, its a matter of integrity. Should a juror in your trial send you to the gallows in order to get a book deal? That's actually a form of robbery.
A "Doctor-Lawyer"....There's a special place in hell for this guy.
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