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“She’s going to be facing contempt charges,” the judge said.
But Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Meghan Doyle said her interview shouldn’t matter. “At that point when you excused her, whether or not she’s in the media or not, she’s not a sitting juror anymore,” she said.
Doyle, who was furious with Diaz-Cobo’s attempt to get a mistrial, accused him of delaying the proceedings yet again.
Five of the jurors conceded that they had knowledge that one of their fellow jurors was dismissed over a Facebook comment, but they each said they had no knowledge of what it said.
Diaz-Cobo argued that knowing the comment existed was enough to be “potentially tainted by this information.”
Judge threatens to charge ‘LMAO’ juror in Sarah Stern murder trial
I think Diaz-Cobo already writing his appeal-- and now he has 2 dismissed Jurors that he can talk to directly. This won't end with the verdict.
ETA: I always thought jurors (including dismissed) required not to talk until trial is over -- maybe I'm wrong?
But Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Meghan Doyle said her interview shouldn’t matter. “At that point when you excused her, whether or not she’s in the media or not, she’s not a sitting juror anymore,” she said.
Doyle, who was furious with Diaz-Cobo’s attempt to get a mistrial, accused him of delaying the proceedings yet again.
Five of the jurors conceded that they had knowledge that one of their fellow jurors was dismissed over a Facebook comment, but they each said they had no knowledge of what it said.
Diaz-Cobo argued that knowing the comment existed was enough to be “potentially tainted by this information.”
Judge threatens to charge ‘LMAO’ juror in Sarah Stern murder trial
I think Diaz-Cobo already writing his appeal-- and now he has 2 dismissed Jurors that he can talk to directly. This won't end with the verdict.
ETA: I always thought jurors (including dismissed) required not to talk until trial is over -- maybe I'm wrong?