Stevens juror: I lied about dad, went to horse race

[BzaDem]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/03/stevens.trial.juror.ap/index.html

"A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Marian Hinnant, identified as juror No. 4, to return to court to explain why she disappeared during jury deliberations.

Hinnant, 52, brought a stack of handwritten notes with her to the court on Monday along with public defender A.J. Kramer, and told the judge that her father hadn't died and she was at the Breeders' Cup in Arcadia, California.

She apologized for lying, and then started a long rambling story about horses, which included references to horse breeding, the Breeders' Cup, drugs, President Ford's son Steven and her condo in Florida being bugged."

[amdezurik]

1. uh...what?

she really needed to shut-up for her own good.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Alaska rocks!

:headbang:

[Toucano]

3. Alaska is taking center stage in the battle to be the new Wackjobvania.

Move over Texas and Mississippi!

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Excuse me?

The trial was in Washington, DC. This juror was from our nation's capitol, not from Alaska. Unless you're talking about Ted himself...

[Toucano]

10. Cheerfully withdrawn!

But I'm keeping an eye on that Land of the Midnight Sun. ;)

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. "licensed paralegal"? Not for much longer

Lying to a court must be a sure way to lose your license. Plus she sounds like she needs psychiatric treatment.

[arcadian]

5. If this spells mistrial. She was put up to it by Stevens.

No if, ands or buts.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. It shouldn't have anything to do with the conviction

because an alternate sat in her place. However, the Tedbots here are screaming mistrial for a myriad of reasons, as they have been ever since the verdict came down.

[L. Coyote]

6. How's Dad? Alive now?

[immoderate]

14. He got better.

:)

--IMM

[kenny blankenship]

8. You are SO going to jail

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. Insanity defense.

Her mental difficulties probably started right after she got caught in the lie.

[TexasObserver]

12. she'll do time for this, probably 3-6 months

This will add to the appellate points, of course. One more arrow in the quiver.

[Fuzz]

13. That's fucked up right there.