Alteon@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 6 months agoFraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquitwww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down12
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-linkFraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquitwww.yahoo.comAlteon@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 6 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareEuphorazine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·6 months agoIf the juror is allowed to keep the money after the trial if they report it, just means we will have open bribery of jurors. “Yes, I got this $100,000 cashier check to vote guilty, so I’m going to vote not guilty to keep the $100,000”
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoYou let them keep it as a reward for doing the right thing and reporting, but you also replace them in the jury.
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoSo you can replace a juror of your choice for a bag of cash?
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoApparently you can do that already since this juror was removed. Also it sounds expensive with very little reward
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoNot to mention it involves directly implicating yourself in a new crime (or several, since it would be both bribery as well as jury tampering). And it would be more evidence of guilt.
If the juror is allowed to keep the money after the trial if they report it, just means we will have open bribery of jurors.
“Yes, I got this $100,000 cashier check to vote guilty, so I’m going to vote not guilty to keep the $100,000”
You let them keep it as a reward for doing the right thing and reporting, but you also replace them in the jury.
So you can replace a juror of your choice for a bag of cash?
Apparently you can do that already since this juror was removed. Also it sounds expensive with very little reward
Not to mention it involves directly implicating yourself in a new crime (or several, since it would be both bribery as well as jury tampering). And it would be more evidence of guilt.