2011.05.17 Jury Selection DAY EIGHT (Afternoon Session)

[ynotdivein]

Surely they know that even if they slow this down and drag their feet, at best they are buying their client an extra day or two. DT will run out of strikes and then SA will have so much control. SA still has 5 strikes, right? And DT is down to 3?

 

[momtective]

Is it even possible for ICA to at the very last possible moment before the swearing in of jurors to change her plea?

 

[Pink Panther]

Which juror was stricken?

Does anyone else think this woman sounds like she's trying not to cry?

 

[21merc7]

They are taking the first 12 that qualify. That is normal.

You cannot expect to talk with 137-167 people. Those were subpoenaed out of an abundance of caution on Judge P's part.

We would be here until doomsday if anyone expected all of those people to be talked to.

 

[mydailyopinions]

Baez will run out of strikes, and when he does, the very next juror will be the one who will write a book, who will tell how horrible of a person Casey Anthony is, and who will spend a whole lot of time in the media, making himself/herself known for being one who convicted and sentenced her to death.. JMHO

 

[Leila]

Yes, until he runs out of strikes.

JB only has 3 more strikes left. I bet he's going to regret this move. All he's doing is delaying! It makes me angry that he's resorting to delaying tactics.............how is delaying the trial by one or two days going to change the outcome?

 

[Lera213]

I think the DT has either 3 or 4 strikes left...I think it is 3

 

[katydid23]

" I just feel bad, I really do."


Ruh Roh. I bet the DT strikes her for saying that.

 

[QueenD]

Is this poor woman crying? Bless her heart, I feel sorry for her.

 

[JSR]

Told ya. One at a time until he runs out of strikes.

It will eventually backfire on him I suspect.

Karma at work.

BBM.

From your typing hands to God's ears!

I hope he runs out and then a SA's dream juror comes along and they can't strike him/her.

 

[wenwe4]

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[RR0004]

It is only a little more than a week...I don't have a problem with jury selection taking longer in a captial case; we have seen some go on for months. The judge is very much in a hurry for a DP case, IMO.

He also oversees budget. I'm thinking he thinks this process has gone on long enough...at taxpayers' expense if I may add. This could have been over and done with a long time ago. JMHO

 

[uklaw]

Is it even possible for ICA to at the very last possible moment before the swearing in of jurors to change her plea?

She can change her plea right up until the moment a verdict is rendered iirc.

 

[Jomo]

I'll bet the judge is going to go overtime until a jury has been sworn TODAY. This is going to go to overtime I bet!

 

[Lanie]

I can't believe the DT will be this niaieve to the situation.

They must know that as soon as they use up their strikes the prosecution has carte blanche to start, effectively, making up the jury.

If they have any sense (and at least AF has selected DP juries before and CM should have also) then they will know to stop striking before they have used them all up and they have a reasonably favourable jury pool to themselves (at which point the SA may start using their strikes).

I suppose however, if this jury selection method hasn't been used before (i.e. JP seeking to swear the jury as soon as 12 have been found to force the parties hands to to use a PE) then they might not be wise to this. However, AF should have enough sense

I agree with you except for this specific case.

I was just responding to this when the DT struck another juror. IMO, this is their gameplan.

The thing is, Baez is inexperienced, plus, IMO, just a bad attorney. Every time another attorney signs on, I expect things to improve. Most have been very successful, experienced attorneys. But things do not improve. IMO it's pretty bizarre how a lot of this case has been handled.

 

[ohiogirl]

You know what? I don't give a fig if this jury selection takes a couple more days...

let JB and CM go ahead and use up all their peremptories...I would bet that HHJP will NOT give any more to them, so they only have 3 left now. Then the defense will have to take whatever comes up next ..... yanno...the expression "it is what it is." Then the state can be more careful with their peremptories and stack the deck with more state inclined jurors.

Jose is biting off his nose to spite his face! and will pay for it later.

If they can cite case law that allowed more strikes because it was a DP case, he might have to give them more. jmo and all that jazz

 

[JSR]

Is it even possible for ICA to at the very last possible moment before the swearing in of jurors to change her plea?

Yes, she can change her plea up to and including during her trial.

 

[cluciano63]

I think JB needs to object to they way this jury is being selected. Several attorneys have stated that this is a first for them; not saying it is not legal and correct but certainly unusual, and JB needs to be on the record that he objects to it.

 

[Meemom]

I see now why HHJP said it would be a race when he swears them in. That was very exciting. As soon as they got to twelve... HHJP - Ok, clear the first three rows. bring in the twelve jurors, I'm swearing them in... JB in the backgrund quickly objecting and back striking a juror.

This is gonna be DT stagegy until they run out of strikes, then they;ll keep stalling by asking it read in the record that they object to the procedure HHJP is over and over and over and.........

 

[katydid23]

Is it usual for the person who is on trial to be part of picking the jury????

YES. It is routine in DP cases especially.