I got sworn in with those words literally hundreds of times and kept the oath.
One, because there’s absolutely no upside to breaking it.
And because jobs are on the line.
Anyone interfering with a deliberating jury is committing career suicide, even if it’s a shoplifting case.
And as it turned out, this is another case of “Right again, Old Balls.”
Which we’ll get to in a minute.
Because if this is provably true?
There’s a lot to unpack here.
And some of it suggests the handling of the trial was mismanaged at the very least.
And at most, was part of a broader effort to tamper with jury.
This is Standard Operating Procedure in any court proceedings.
But these three alleged this one particular juror was in violation and brought it to the court’s attention.
Turtleboy explains:
Weeks ago juror #5 was dismissed for unknown reasons.
The three of them reported juror #5 for something she said that led to her disqualification.
Its unknown what exactly they heard juror 5 say.
They waited until closing arguments to report this to the judge.
She seemed very upset and denied any wrongdoing.
Its notable that the Massachusetts State Police are in charge of juror security.
One she denied having, claiming her friends know enough not to even bother asking.
The other two, ended up being chosen as the alternates.
Which is supposed to be a completely random process.
He was relieved of his duties last week.
They werein the room where it happened.
Right now, we don’t know for sure.
Though there are all sorts of ramifications for the defense team if they’re lying.
All of which helps explain why no one in this state can shut up about this whole sordid affair.
The stakes are just that high.
My guess is we’re still in the early stages of where this is all headed.
We’re going to be here a while.
