By David in TN
wednesday, december 6, 2023 at 3:50:00 p.m. est
BREAKING NEWS! A mistrial has been declared. The Judge cites “Juror Misconduct.” According to the rochester democrat & chronicle, Judge Moran “chastened the jury for its conduct, without identifying specifics other than some members may have spoken of the case.”
“Moran noted that each day he tells the jury not to discuss the criminal case. ‘you did exactly what I told you not to,’ he said.
“District Attorney Sandra Doorley declined to say specifically what was the misconduct, except to say it arose from more than one juror.”
“It’s not just one juror, she said. ‘it was a jury issue that could not be cured.’ Williams’ defense lawyers requested the mistrial after learning of the issue.
“the family of Wendy Jerome along with family friends have regularly attended the trial, which was expected to end in coming days. many were tearful as they left the courtroom wednesday.
“District Attorney Doorley said a new trial date will be set. on wednesday, three law enforcement officials from florida were in rochester to testify. a retired Monroe county medical examiner, dr. Nicholas Forbes, was flown in last week from south africa to testify about his autopsy on the teenager.”
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JURORS...or jurors(lower case= black).I'll bet on the latter.
--GRA
The coverage was local only, and very scant. The jury makeup was never reported as far as I could tell.
We really miss Jamie Satterfield. In her coverage of the Christian-Newsom Knoxville Horror, she told how many men and women were on the jury and the racial breakdown.
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