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BREAKING NEWS -- NOOOOOOOO!!!
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:15 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Say it isn't so!!
Scott Peterson trial judge is to hold a hearing to discuss possible misconduct by a juror.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:17 pm
by chadtm80
Hung Jury no matter how you look at it.. No way I see any other outcome
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:20 pm
by therock1811
Saw it 3 minutes after you did, so you can delete my post on it in the Scott Peterson poll topic.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:23 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Misconduct by one of the jurors!!
Eric
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:24 pm
by yoda
Oh well, I figured a hung jury anyway...
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:25 pm
by Skywatch_NC
So MUCH for Justice for Laci and her baby..................................................
Eric
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:30 pm
by therock1811
Sheesh...hopefully there's a mistrial and he can be retried if it isn't going to turn out this time.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:33 pm
by Brent
Yep... I caught the Alert on Court TV. They are going to eat lunch now and the media's been kicked out of the court until 4:30pm Eastern, 1:30pm Pacific.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:34 pm
by Brent
therock1811 wrote:Sheesh...hopefully there's a mistrial and he can be retried if it isn't going to turn out this time.
I doubt that will happen. It's simply too long of a trial.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:35 pm
by yoda
Brent wrote:therock1811 wrote:Sheesh...hopefully there's a mistrial and he can be retried if it isn't going to turn out this time.
I doubt that will happen. It's simply too long of a trial.
Let me check with my dad, a trial attorney... let me see what he says about it...
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:38 pm
by Brent
I think(someone correct me if I'm wrong) a lot of the evidence from this trial wouldn't be admissable in a new one. If that's the case, there's no way it'll be re-tried.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:48 pm
by yoda
Brent wrote:I think(someone correct me if I'm wrong) a lot of the evidence from this trial wouldn't be admissable in a new one. If that's the case, there's no way it'll be re-tried.
Correct, that is "collateral estoppel." A different judge would/may rule differently though if there is a new trial. A misconduct by a juror COULD happen this way:
The juror gets thrown out, and an alternative juror gets put in.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:48 pm
by alicia-w
wouldnt they simply remove the juror in question and use an alternate?
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:49 pm
by Brent
alicia-w wrote:wouldnt they simply remove the juror in question and use an alternate?
Yes, BUT, the deliberations have to start over from the very beginning in that case. What a mess.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:50 pm
by alicia-w
it's not like they've been deliberating for weeks and weeks. Only 5 days so far.I've been on juries for lesser crimes longer than 5 days.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:55 pm
by yoda
Brent wrote:alicia-w wrote:wouldnt they simply remove the juror in question and use an alternate?
Yes, BUT, the deliberations have to start over from the very beginning in that case. What a mess.
Yes and no. An alternative juror would have heard the entire case already. So he/she would be ready to go if needed. He/she may already have a thought about it anway.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:09 pm
by alicia-w
That's what I thought. Get that troublemaker outta there and get this thing decided. Laci and her son and her family have waited long enough.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:37 pm
by alicia-w
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:50 pm
by Lindaloo
chadtm80 wrote:Hung Jury no matter how you look at it.. No way I see any other outcome
I KNEW IT!!
I hope and pray the judge does not declare a mistrial!! This needs to be over and done with so Lacy and her baby can rest in peace and that family can begin to heal.
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:12 pm
by Miss Mary
OMG, this can't be! I haven't been following the case very closely, meant to, just got busy. Dang. This isn't good news.
We all wanted Scott put away for years. And some a worse punishment!
Makes you wonder what Mark Hacking's trial is going to be like.
Mary