Jury foreman: Dr acquitted on leaving the scene after killing skateboarder because he "panicked"..

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20. Thanks for posting. I also have a link to the Buffalo News talking with the foreman

http://www.buffalonews.com/topics/dr-james-corasanti-trial/article881178.ece

Unlike my evidence post in the original thread, I am going to biased as hell here.

The things that struck me from the conversation were the following four things:

The jury thought Corasanti "seemed nice"....what the hell.

The defense expert witness was "more professional" then the police crime scene investigators in reconstructing the accident. Again, "more professional"? That means what exactly?

Finally, the jury had reasonable doubt the doctor could hear the impact inside his BMW Series 7, because the defense could not show how loud the hit would have been. As the DA said after the case, "It is a car not a tank."

Also, the doctor wouldn't have noticed his car's front end had crumpled 8 inches and a mirror had been ripped off, because the jury walked behind the car (did not sit in it, mind you), and he couldn't see the damage looking through the rear windshield. Apparently, the foreman felt being behind the car would mirror what the driver sees.

OK, five things. It is nice to hear the jury bonded during the "grueling trial".

I am not a happy Buffalonian tonight.