I agree, it was akin to letting in the "that word" at the O.J. trial. It was all they focused on. The other mistake was in not granting the prosecution their peremptory challenge to the dame who "didn't want to judge people." Sorry lady, that is what you are there for.
So for those who say "the system worked," I say NO, the system DID not work, and here are just two examples. It is also supposed that the jury will be composed of people with I.Q.s higher than plant life.
Our newspaper today reported that at the first ballot on the manslaughter charge there were 6 for guilty and 6 non-guilty.
The jury only debated the charges for about 11 hours and in that time the 6 pro-guilty changed to not-guilty.
That confirms my view that they seemed to be in a rush to finish up and get back home. Who gives up a guilty vote in such a short time in a capital case like this?
They must have had a strong foreman pushing the not-guilty verdict to end the dabate so quickly.
>>The other mistake was in not granting the prosecution their peremptory challenge to the dame who “didn’t want to judge people.”<<
I heard on a talk show today...was it Steve Malzberg?...that the woman was black, therefore there was some rule that she couldn’t be removed.
Political Correctness is idiocy, and it is going to kill us as a nation.