New jury problem surfaces in Fla. terror trial

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By CURT ANDERSON – 1 day ago

MIAMI (AP) — A new jury problem surfaced Friday in the terrorism conspiracy trial of six men when panel members asked a federal judge to remove a juror because she supposedly refused to deliberate.

A few hours after an ill juror was replaced, a note signed by the jury foreman in the "Liberty City Six" case said a female juror "refuses to engage in discussions based on the evidence or the law" and that this could be "unfair to the defendants," according to U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard. The note said the juror was disruptive and had made comments offensive to others.

"Please help us, judge," the note said, adding the juror "feels deliberating is a waste of time."

The juror problems were only the latest difficulty in the case, which has gone through two mistrials when earlier juries were unable to agree on verdicts. This third trial has taken over two months and comes nearly three years after the six men were arrested in June 2006 ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9__Pl-twNhF9EMaBV5GSuMCUeygD97TMOKO0


Terror trial jurors feuding
BY JAY WEAVER
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... The judge told both sides that if the tensions persist, she would hold a hearing to decide whether the juror should be removed. The problem arose just hours after Lenard replaced a different, ailing juror with an alternate and instructed the panel to start deliberations anew ...

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1028526.html

[annabanana]

1. Yet another mischief that the poisonous environment of the Bush

White House hath wrought. The entire jury pool of the entire citizenry is tainted by the"gut-thinking" espoused by the RW noise machine.