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SouthernDem4ever

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Sat Sep 10, 2022, 05:27 AM Sep 2022

Convicted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plotters send private investigator to juror's workpl [View all]

Source: usatoday.com

DETROIT -- Two of the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hired a private investigator to go to a juror's workplace and investigate the juror's potential bias, according to a newly unsealed court filing.

The men -- Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., who were found guilty last month of planning to kidnap the governor over her COVID-19 policies -- hired the investigator to track down the juror's coworkers to determine if the juror was biased against them. The investigation was part of a broader effort by their defense attorneys to get a new trial.

The defense long maintained this was a case of entrapment and vowed a vigorous appeal, which right now appears to focus on a potentially problematic juror who surfaced on the second day of the trial. The juror was allowed to stay on the case after the judge interviewed the person and concluded there was no proof of bias.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/09/whitmer-kidnap-plot-private-investigator-juror/8036074001/



So, we can't have a juror who is biased against a couple of weirdos plotting to kidnap a sitting Governor?

Can we find jurors that think this is ok? And now it's ok to intimidate jurors personal lives for doing their duty?
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DOJ allows it. gab13by13 Sep 2022 #1
Yep, just like jury nullification for abortion and drug-related trials ck4829 Sep 2022 #3
Would that even be admissible in a request for a new trial? Novara Sep 2022 #2
I'm more concerned Karma13612 Sep 2022 #4
Norms and standard decency are gone. rubbersole Sep 2022 #6
This is true. 2naSalit Sep 2022 #13
I think (hope) the midterms will be a start. rubbersole Sep 2022 #14
The ends justify the means yankee87 Sep 2022 #21
Also true. 2naSalit Sep 2022 #22
Anyone who votes for the current fascist repuglicans needs to know SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #25
Very very true..nt Karma13612 Sep 2022 #16
That's got to be one of the worst-written headlines I've ever seen Orrex Sep 2022 #5
I agree. When I first read it, I was thinking "What was she convicted Karma13612 Sep 2022 #17
I just went to their site and Karma13612 Sep 2022 #19
Isn't this jury-tampering. Inherently threatening to be visiting their work place? Nt lostnfound Sep 2022 #7
I should have read your entry first before I posted close to the same question. I would like an Escurumbele Sep 2022 #11
It happened after the jury was finished and dismissed, so wnylib Sep 2022 #15
But, this is going to a former juror's Karma13612 Sep 2022 #18
A pity they haven't been sentenced yet. I hate these damn delays. paleotn Sep 2022 #8
One would think that qualifies as "Jury Tampering"?, would it not? Or "Jury Intimidation"??? Escurumbele Sep 2022 #9
Who is funding their legal representation and KPN Sep 2022 #10
The attorneys need to be intimidated. LiberalFighter Sep 2022 #12
Juror bias should be rooted out! During the actual jury selection... dchill Sep 2022 #20
Can't they tell these "investigators" to take a hike? n/t MarcA Sep 2022 #23
That title is journalism at its worst. Sounds like the Gov was convicted bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #24
Right? mahina Sep 2022 #26
Ummmmm, blue-wave Sep 2022 #27
I was on a criminal jury a couple of years ago. It is not just "do you have a bias". mackdaddy Sep 2022 #28
But again the ultimate thing was: can you put your biases aside and make a decision base only on the SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #29
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