Was B37 the juror who took copious notes?

[chieftain]

If so, it could be that she planned to cash in on her civic duty from the get-go.

[MFM008]

1. i think your right on

she got a book deal.

[NYC_SKP]

2. And her husband's a lawyer.

They might be bigoted, but they aren't stupid.

[TxDemChem]

3. Once I heard about the book deal,

I just felt she would try to pull some bullshit. AND I thought the jurors were planning on keeping quiet for a while. What happened to that?

[NYC_SKP]

4. CNN money too tempting, exposure good for book sales.

They can probably turn out a book in about a month.

[TxDemChem]

6. You are right and...

[JI7]

9. i wonder if the appearance on CNN was try to get more/better offers

but really, i don't know who will and how much.

i wonder if they are expecting a lot more than what is possible .

[Old Codger]

5. Greed

Is what happened to that.

[TxDemChem]

7. You are right

Some people have no shame or scruples.

[frylock]

8. i was wondering the same

[JI7]

10. i wonder if the other jurors feel they let her influence them too much

if they knew she would be out speaking and was planning a book.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Notes Are Sealed...

...at least in the court case I served on. Those notes were collected prior to deliberations and I would suspect that the judge had them taken as part of the public record of the trial.

I'm more likely to believe that hubby was doing all the legwork while the trial was going on to arrange the teevee and book deals...

[customerserviceguy]

13. How difficult would it have been

to photograph them? Especially given how tiny high resolution cameras can be these days. Of course, we never saw the jury members, how would we know if one was wearing a piece of jewelry that wasn't really what it seemed?

In any case, writing stuff down helps you memorize it for short term memory, anyone who took notes in class that they couldn't use during test taking knows that. She could have started scribbling the second they got back to the sequestered hotel room. I doubt that anyone searched her luggage or personal effects.

[KharmaTrain]

14. Even Easier...

...is to keep duplicate notes or to keep a diary that you compiled notes and thoughts after each day's session. I doubt the judge was keeping track of where the notes went outside of court hours as long as it didn't appear in the next day's paper. There's no need to bug the proceedings as the entire trial was broadcast live...I'm more likely to think she's going off short-term memory.

Cheers...

[hay rick]

12. Dennis DeMartin redux.

It must be a Florida thing.