The defendant was found guilty by a jury led by someone who worked to get on the jury. We don’t want people to get on the OJ jury to let him off. We don’t want people to get on juries for the purpose of sticking it to some big company. But we also dont want people to get on juries with a hidden bias toward conviction.
None of us know the exact wording of what the prospective jurors were asked. None of us know exactly where this guy was in the process of becoming an FBI agent. So I can not be sure whether I agree with this judge’s ruling or not.
I do know this guy’s status with the FBI should immediately be up for review. The FBI needs the answers to the questions I raised above and if this guy explicitly or implicitly lied in court to get on a jury, he needs to be looking for a new line of work.
I think that's a point on which everyone here can agree. Like you, I don't know the full story of what the juror said or whether he was biased, but what I have read makes me very uncomfortable.
When asked if he had ties to law enforcement the juror told of his family’s connections but did not reveal that he was a “prospective agent”. That meant he might be an agent sometime in the future. I am all for honesty and not lying and I agree with you that we don’t know the exact wording but I’m not sure the juror was asked to predict what he would do in the future. This one issue was used by the defendant’s attorneys to get a conviction overturned and potentially put a violent criminal on the street.
None of us know the exact wording of what the prospective jurors were asked. None of us know exactly where this guy was in the process of becoming an FBI agent. So I can not be sure whether I agree with this judge’s ruling or not.
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I agree more information with specifics would be beneficial, a cursory of this article would obviously cause both sides to feel they are correct and the Judge’s action at this late date would be warranted.
My gut feel is it is not, however.
Nor would I agree that this agent is now to be hung by his pinkies to satisfy anyone as you would seem to suggest.
I’m sure more info will be forthcoming or I would hope so at least. I’ll see what else I can find towards that end and post it.
I would also caution those reading this thread and comments that this site is all too oft frequented by folks who are dead set on getting death penalty convictions overturned by hook or by crook and would let the victims and their families be damned in their own pursuit of beating the penalty imposed at any cost.