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Scootaloo

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30. Pretty sure that can't happen - double jeopardy

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #25)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:55 AM

Jul 2013

But I'm pretty sure it would land both prosecution and defense in some deep, hot water.

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Zimmerman juror WITHDRAWS from writing book now.. [View all] HipChick Jul 2013 OP

LOLOL leftstreet Jul 2013 #1

LOL Skittles Jul 2013 #2

Blood-money grubbing! nt MADem Jul 2013 #28

That was quick! :) n/t Tx4obama Jul 2013 #3

She is trying to step out of the spotlight,before she gets investigated.. HipChick Jul 2013 #10

Btw, she said something BIG in the CNN interview Tx4obama Jul 2013 #14

Good catch...she sounds as though she had her mind up before she heard all the evidence.. HipChick Jul 2013 #15

her husband was friends with the defense lawyer? how did she ever get on that jury? HiPointDem Jul 2013 #4

The OP says that ... but I can't find it in the Buzzfeed link discopants Jul 2013 #18

No report of that. I think it was intended as a joke by the person who wrote the OP. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #47

At the moment, it's a rumor Scootaloo Jul 2013 #22

if it was substantiated maybe they could call a mistrial, and retry the case with a better HiPointDem Jul 2013 #25

Pretty sure that can't happen - double jeopardy Scootaloo Jul 2013 #30

But, if it turns out that that jury compromised by the fact that her husband & OMara Ecumenist Jul 2013 #32

In some states, that's considered jury tampering, which can result in a new trial. politicat Jul 2013 #33

that's probably right on the mistrial, i keep forgetting that zimmy is the defendant. but if HiPointDem Jul 2013 #35

Even if it doesn't result in a mistrial Pab Sungenis Jul 2013 #51

Most Likely Explanation is that Jury Selection Was Rigged AndyTiedye Jul 2013 #31

Hmmmm, very interesting... Spazito Jul 2013 #5

i hope it blows up in her face HiPointDem Jul 2013 #36

I think it already has blown up in her face............ TheDebbieDee Jul 2013 #46

"The juror�s announcement came after Martin ----------decided to drop her. " JI7 Jul 2013 #6

This ^^ ceonupe Jul 2013 #21

Her bringing this up tells me she is shopping for another publisher. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2013 #29

Good. n/t TDale313 Jul 2013 #7

Hey lady. Way to step in it. Lolol Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #8

YAY! What a tragic circus that sounds Cha Jul 2013 #9

The link is dead. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #11

Working link below Tx4obama Jul 2013 #16

Thanks...fixed up thread...I'm on my tablet.. HipChick Jul 2013 #19

THANKS, I'm going to sign it. nt Raine Jul 2013 #40

We need to take a "please proceed..." approach apples and oranges Jul 2013 #12

No one else wants to know LittleBlue Jul 2013 #13

I have a feeling we will hear from the lady with 8 kids soon.. HipChick Jul 2013 #20

I don't care to ever see thier faces... ReRe Jul 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #17

Jesus, this woman doesn't know when to shut it... TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #23

Oh my. Her 'husband's perspective?' leftstreet Jul 2013 #26

+1. "her husband's perspective" would seem to support the rumor that he's an attorney. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #34

Always intended? GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #45

Good catch and I agree... TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #50

Are you serious? BainsBane Jul 2013 #24

O'Mara is head of the Seminole County bar where her husband practices law. octoberlib Jul 2013 #42

I'm going to say it ZRT2209 Jul 2013 #27

I have to agree Skittles Jul 2013 #43

Surely you will provide her name Riftaxe Jul 2013 #37

Holy CRAP! Her husband was friends with the defense lawyer!!!????? Kablooie Jul 2013 #38

Mark O' Mara is President of the Seminole County, Florida Bar HipChick Jul 2013 #39

The wife of any county lawyer should immediately be excused. Geez. Kablooie Jul 2013 #41

No. He was a past president of the Seminole County Bar Association -- 2000. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #49

Meaning the publisher pulled the deal Wabbajack_ Jul 2013 #48

Looks like he has been identified an attorney who has been on CNN talking to Nancy Grace HipChick Jul 2013 #52