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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:16 AM Original message |
Uh oh! Juror problem in Libby trial. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. that's why they have alternates |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Would you forget a Baker Botts lawyer? |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Oh, thanks. Now you've got my conspiracy theory inclined brain |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Actually it is a common practice |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Funny--that's exactly the theory I was gonna post. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. it's very possible |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Tinfoil hat time: the juror was a plant, and we're looking at a mistrial? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I would be astonished if they didn't have plants on this jury |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. That's what I thought when David Brooks predicted "hung jury"... |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Waiting for the jury to come in. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Are there any alternate jurors in this case? |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Help me out with a who's who, please |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Jeffress is the other def. attorney. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks! n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. VOIR DIRE: |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. Even if the juror is dismissed, they have alternates. |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Walton continues |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. So what are we going to see in the next few hours/days |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Lawyers will try to tweak jury instructions |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. some observers said that it appeared to be a slam dunk for Fitz |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Oh, to be a fly on the wall. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Depends.... |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Usually, at the biginning of a trial |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. from fdl |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Walton is still going... |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. Great analysis of charges from an FDL reader |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is why jurors are not allowed to discuss case until sent to deliberate.... |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Do remaining jurors ever indicate ill will toward lawyers after... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Once a juror is dismissed from service, they are free to talk to anyone they wish. However,... |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tin Foil Hat brainfart here, Please tell me that's I'm nuts |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. OK, you're scaring me. |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I wish that I were nuts, but like you said, how many times have they done the unthinkable |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And they've got us just where they want us. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. Why not? It works. That's how Alito got on the SCOTUS. nt |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. FDL says he (Wells) looks bored today. |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
35. Another great FDL reader comment while we wait for an update |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Expert witnesses have hurdles to negotiate before testifying... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. The fix is in. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. Some thoughts on this jury problem... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. "Now we wait, with bated breath." FDL |
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