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bravenak

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Reply to B Stieg (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 05:51 AM

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Sheriffs Office Admits Jurors were allowed unsupervised access during Zimmerman trial. [View all] Maraya1969 Jul 2013 OP

the defendant will NOT be requesting a new trial based on this information .... nt msongs Jul 2013 #1

ha... Pelican Jul 2013 #2

If you want to keep anyone at all reasonable off juries then by all means treat them like criminals Fumesucker Jul 2013 #3

based on b37's own words she wasn't reasonable, and it's not the jury that is being JI7 Jul 2013 #4

The apparent outrage over "unsupervised access" is what I'm addressing Fumesucker Jul 2013 #6

i don't trust the nsa or any jury selection process that results in the wife of a friend of the HiPointDem Jul 2013 #8

The jury sequester doesn't strike me as all that "lax" Fumesucker Jul 2013 #10

access to media and regular access to outsiders strikes me as not a sequester. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #11

In other words, treating the jurors as criminals that can't be trusted Fumesucker Jul 2013 #12

the case was deemed to be high-profile enough that there was a need for sequestration. i HiPointDem Jul 2013 #14

I think I heard that sequestration was a response to privacy concerns on the part of jurors Fumesucker Jul 2013 #15

i think it's true that if all jurors had to be sequestered, that would be a stronger argument. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #16

what a bullshit excuse. Scout Jul 2013 #23

The jurors could easily receive information they should not have even during "supervised" contacts Fumesucker Jul 2013 #25

O'Mara was saying how Zimmerman was frustrated with how people JI7 Jul 2013 #5

he set in motion the events that led to the death of an innocent teenager Skittles Jul 2013 #9

"A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse" B Stieg Jul 2013 #13

+100nt bravenak Jul 2013 #29

kr HiPointDem Jul 2013 #7

Yeah, that's another thing..... ReRe Jul 2013 #17

Sadly Mr Holder so far has been almost worthless as AG. Ford_Prefect Jul 2013 #18

re: your last paragraph "pandering to the crowd"... ReRe Jul 2013 #21

Yes, but somehow "Lip Service" fails to capture the cynical quality I had in mind. Ford_Prefect Jul 2013 #27

Hardly the first post on this topic. Igel Jul 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author pintobean Jul 2013 #20

Thanks for that info, Igel ReRe Jul 2013 #22

Lots of folks get their legal knowledge from 'Law and Order' / 'LA Law', etc.. X_Digger Jul 2013 #24

I served on a jury too... ReRe Jul 2013 #26

Those may be correct as far as the letter of Florida Law is concerned. Ford_Prefect Jul 2013 #28

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