Libby Jury is Strange
So I must admit that I have not spent as much time with minutia of the Libby trial. But I have heard some weird goings-on lately. First they all (save one) wore matching red shirts or something to the courthouse. Then yesterday I heard that they were wearing business attire on courtroom days since the start of the trial. Now that they are deliberating, they are wearing jeans and sneakers. People are now waiting until they wear business attire again because it may indicate that they are ready to give their verdict.
This all seems strange to me. It sounds more like the red hat society than a jury to me. I have not yet been on a jury. Can anyone that has been on a jury comment on whether or not this is normal or weird.
John Gotti Sr. was freed due to mistrial three times because his buddies got to one or more jurors. He was convicted in the fourth trial because the judge sequestered the jury, to the point where they were driven to the courtroom in a bus with blacked-out windows.
If Gotti can get to a jury, I assume Bushco can too.
I was on a jury that listened to a weeks worth of arguments. I was ready to bend the jury to my will, but when were being sent into the jury room with our instructions I was pulled out of line. I was told that I was an alternate and I would not be needed for the deliberation since none of the jurors were excused during the course of the trial.
The baliff said that they don’t tell the alternate that they are an alternate becuase they want everyone to pay attention during the trial.
Needless to say I was pissed off, and OJ Simpson is a free man today.
I’ve only been on two juries and both only lasted a day. No idea if their behavior is normal, but if I were on a multi-day deliveration, I’d want to be really comfy too.
BTW, Jane Hamsher and Marcy Wheeler have completely owned the coverage of this trial. Their blog: http://www.firedoglake.com/ has made following this alot more interesting than it would have been.
I served on a hung jury. We were at trial for seven days and after all that one member would not bend. It was pretty heart wrenching because it was a drug case and the son of one juror had had died from a drug overdose. This did not come out during the voir dire. When the jury hung he sat in the jury room and sobbed. It’s hard to bend a jury to your will.
I served on a hung jury. We were at trial for seven days and after all that one member would not bend.
Can you fit any more double entendres into this comment? 🙂
See, my mind doesn’t even work that way. But now that you point it out, teee heee!