[drjulie]

"Say it ain't so! Geragos not looking for neutral jurors??"

Sorry to break it to you! :-) Actually this would be a really tough case for a jury consultant. JoEllen will really earn her pay here, as opposed to OJ which was simple. The prosecution did recover, somewhat, after the poker incident in the M.Peterson trial but it was, I believe, a mistake on their part to propose that he killed her with a specific poker that was missing. I wondered about the ethics with regard to that poker. It was mightly ironic that it happened to be discovered when it was. When I was in social services I worked with quite a few lawyers - both prosecution and defense. I have a great deal of respect for those who really tried to be ethical and play by the rules. It did seem like I ran into quite a few defense attorneys who had questionable ethics so I tend to be biased and suspicious.

[Devil_Anse]

Jo Ellen will really earn her pay here

LOL, Jo Ellen may jump ship if Scott doesn't raise some more money, to pay her! The lawyers will have a hard time getting out of this thing, now that it's been set for trial, even if the money runs out and they don't get paid what was agreed. But the others, such as the jury consultant, they are free to say "adios" the minute the agreed-on fee is not forthcoming.