It definitely clouded my judgement of what can go on in an "investigation" and how many people can conspire together and these are the people that are in charge of investigations.
Karen Read's attorneys say prosecutors hid video evidence for years in contentious hearing to dismiss case
The Karen Read case was in two Massachusetts courtrooms Wednesday with hearings on different issues.www.cbsnews.com
Another juror has spoken out with their reaction to Wednesday's hearing. Victoria George, who is an attorney herself and was an alternate juror in Read's first trial, sent the following to WBZ-TV.
"I was a fair-minded juror who left this trial questioning the integrity of the system long before the defense filed a motion to dismiss with allegations of jury tampering. It is the Read case itself—and the fact that it is still being brought—that has left many in Massachusetts wary, distrustful, and scared of our system. As a lawyer, this reality saddens me even more because I remember how much faith I had in our system as an optimistic law student."
"Mr. Brennan made an impassioned argument today regarding his alleged concern that some might be questioning the 'fabric of our entire judicial system.' If he truly would like to address that problem, I have a few suggestions," she added.
"Perhaps the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office should be more focused on remedying the systemic issues plaguing it and affiliated police departments rather than continuing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars prosecuting a case with so many evidentiary issues that it calls into question whether they are even following their ethical obligations as prosecutors. The Commonwealth has a duty to protect the rights of defendants, and I, for one, would love to see them do so."
That's a good point. They also unfairly let the jury think the experts were not paid nor the opinions had been "discussed".
or were they just determined to not change their minds? Why are you not faithful of those that thought she was not guilty, those that sat through the actual trial and didn't just read hightlights? Why do they hold no clout with you?
Because I know there's pressure on jurors just ordinarily but in this case, it was those jurors who I believe surely must have been under tremendous pressure to acquit.
I get your point. All jurors have a big job and a tremendous weight, that's a given, but even more so when juries are divided and pressure possibly put on by others to acquiesce. That would take some real inner strength and belief.
Yet the vast majority voted to aquit. Why do they not matter?
www.boston25news.com
I was concerned when they'd heard testimony of witnesses of how they'd actually been subjected to stalking and other means of harrassment by Read supporters- that witnesses were actually heckled as they left the courthouse after testifying, that they would be intimidated.
I really don't think the prior jurors are relevant at all now as this is a brand new trial.
It was a mistrial, that's why it doesn't matter. This is a new trial, new jury who hopefully have never heard of Karen Read or her boyfriend.
They probably should sequester this jury to protect them this time.
Article not available to me but, from the headline alone, i approve of this.Judge imposes gag order on all attorneys in the Karen Read case
In her ruling, Cannone says statements made outside of court could taint the jury pool ahead of Read’s retrial in April.
For the record, whether jurors matter has absolutely nothing to do with what I said.
What about protecting the rights of victims?Karen Read's attorneys say prosecutors hid video evidence for years in contentious hearing to dismiss case
The Karen Read case was in two Massachusetts courtrooms Wednesday with hearings on different issues.
Another juror has spoken out with their reaction to Wednesday's hearing. Victoria George, who is an attorney herself and was an alternate juror in Read's first trial, sent the following to WBZ-TV.
"I was a fair-minded juror who left this trial questioning the integrity of the system long before the defense filed a motion to dismiss with allegations of jury tampering. It is the Read case itself—and the fact that it is still being brought—that has left many in Massachusetts wary, distrustful, and scared of our system. As a lawyer, this reality saddens me even more because I remember how much faith I had in our system as an optimistic law student."
"Mr. Brennan made an impassioned argument today regarding his alleged concern that some might be questioning the 'fabric of our entire judicial system.' If he truly would like to address that problem, I have a few suggestions," she added.
"Perhaps the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office should be more focused on remedying the systemic issues plaguing it and affiliated police departments rather than continuing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars prosecuting a case with so many evidentiary issues that it calls into question whether they are even following their ethical obligations as prosecutors. The Commonwealth has a duty to protect the rights of defendants, and I, for one, would love to see them do so."
Understand, but I was answering Guess Who asked why the majority of jurors didn't matter. I also said, in another post, that none of the prior jurors matter now, so i am glad the gag order is out so they cannot pontificate about the case anymore.
Well, I wasn't sure whether you even knew what I said, let alone what I meant, lol.