Radio Hosts Gleefully Try to Taint Jurors

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Calif. Defense Lawyers Decry 'Toxic Publicity'

LOS ANGELES -- There is such a thing as tainting a jury, and then there is what two Southern California talk show hosts say they are engaging in -- "blatant tainting" of a jury.

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In a segment of their morning show that they dubbed "Taint the Carona Jury Pool," Kobylt and Chiampou regularly dish about the upcoming trial of Michael S. Carona, the 52-year-old former sheriff charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and public corruption.

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Convinced that jury consultants will weed out "intelligent people," they also have instructed their listeners to trick lawyers during voir dire, the process during which potential jurors are questioned.

"You know your marching orders out there," Kobylt says in one segment. "If you're in Orange County and you end up on the Mike Carona jury, remember you have to lie to the attorneys.

"Tell them you have an absolute open mind, you pay very little attention to the coverage, Mike Carona looks like a good, upstanding Christian man, you never listen to KFI, you never listen to 'The John and Ken Show' -- and then you vote guilty at the end of it all."

Washington Post

Sounds like Mike Carona hired them.

[Champion Jack]

1. John and Ken are the 2 biggest assholes around

[MullenBank]

2. I'm a Stern fan

since the WYSP days so I don't know- or care- about these two terrestrial radio jagoffs. But they appear to be pretty hostile to a guy who seems to have been caught red handed.