In Cold Blood in Jersey City
Here's another item for the "We're Doomed" folder. In January 2005 two thugs murdered an entire family in Jersey City during a botched robbery. The first thug, currently on trial, confessed to two of the murders and was photographed using a victim's ATM card at a bank machine. Case closed, right? Not so fast. The jury has been deliberating for nine days now and, as the linked article indicates, it may be because one of the nitwit jurors has watched too many episodes of CSI or Law and Order and fancies himself an amateur investigator or lawyer. Jesus. Hasn't the family of the victims been through enough? Must they also endure the stupidity that passes for justice in this country as well?
posted by BayonneMike at 9:25 AM
6 Comments:
tuff to beat your old classic, tho:
"The verdict has come in on the Lemrick Nelson trial here in New York City, the man accused of the Crown Hieghts murder back in 1991. While this is only news, an email I received from a friend of mine who knew someone on the jury paints a scary picture of our judicial process. It is, however, hysterical.
"the inside scoop on why the Lemrick Nelson verdict was nonsensical: the
jury forewoman was nuts.
Actual quotes:
"Just because I don't comprehend something, doesn't mean I don't understand
it."
"I have free will to lift this water bottle, but that doesn't mean I did it
willingly."
At one point she started pounding the wall saying she was like the wall and
wouldn't be moved. Towards the end, on the verge of a breakdown, she said
she "was taking the 5th" and didn't have to talk to her fellow jurors.
Here's the kicker: She's a teacher!
Also, my co-worker was elected to read the instructions aloud to the jury
because he "read books." Not only did he have to explain just about every
sentence in the instructions so his fellow jurors could understand them, he
had to go through the instructions and replace the word "defendant" with
"Lemrick Nelson" so they wouldn't get confused. also,on one occasion she almost sent out a note to the judge that read "Your Honey" instead of 'Your Honor'"
Thanks for the tie-in, Xmastime. Who knew that all these years that you've been saying "archived," you've actually been archiving stuff? And you're fast, too!
archive.org bro!!
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Life imitates crap TV. Screen out the CSI/Profiler viewers.
Another thing. There ought to be atime limit on these drawn out deliberations. Some kind of incentive for the early verdict.
Dinner at Dennys
I have many jury duty stories but none with people that damned stupid. I did serve in the post-OJ period on a carjack. The female co-ethnics were siding with the co-ethnic male defendant. Yet the vic was also a co-ethnic, a nice girl with a baby, working her way thru school. But these female jurors invoked the name of OJ in the jury room to try to convince themselves that the evidence was tainted. The evidence, you ask? The vic id'd the scumbag and the cops placed him running from the joyride. I'd like to think I contributed to reason and brought them to consider the facts as we were charged, and not preconceived notions.
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