"There is evidence to find that jury tampering did happen, as Juror B37 discussed in her aborted book deal: The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband’s perspectives… Her husband holding a perspective strong enough to write a book on the subject, given unsupervised access during the trial to his wife on the jury. Juror B37 has also admitted that the decision was reached with information not presented at the trial itself. This is a siren bell warning of jury tampering. And this is but one juror, how much was discussed with the other jurors. The failure to supervise has now resulted in a potential legal nightmare for the state of Florida, which can be held liable for failing to properly ensure an untampered jury. Add to it the money that juror B37 could anticipate from such a book deal, which would be worth far more if given a not-guilty verdict than otherwise, and we are looking at a potential post-trial jury payoff negotiated through the husband."
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:46:24 +0000
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