GUILTY NC - Laura Ackerson, 27, Kinston, 13 July 2011 #4

[ohoh]

Help....need the link please. Can not find it on wral site .

 

[SurfieTX]

Help....need the link please. Can not find it on wral site .

Here's the link (Warning: Gigantic mugshot that will creep you out!):

http://www.kinston.com/news/local/four-potential-jurors-replaced-in-hayes-trial-1.266386?tc=cr

 

[SurfieTX]

Adding more details from today 01/23/2014:


Juror No. 1: White female. Exercises with a family law attorney. Parents got divorced when she lived in the Bahamas when she was 5.....and her mother lived in Scotland. She went to boarding school in England when she was 11. At 16 she moved to NC.

Juror No. 2: White male. Worked at a store Grant visited after the murder.

Juror No. 3: White male. Bruins fan. Was a snowmobile racer in the past.

Juror No. 4: Black female.

Juror No. 5: White female.

Juror No. 6: White male. Redskins and Hurricane fan.

Juror No. 7: White male. States he was a witness for his ex-wife's husband in a custody case. Tells Hayes defense team his ex-wife was very deceptive and took money from him; after divorce, he testified for his ex-wife's next husband about a case.

Juror No. 8: White female. Oncology nurse attached to Rex Hospital. Asked if she's ever met a pathological liar; she answers yes, husband of former coworker who served in Afghanistan. Testifies that friend who was married to pathological liar had 2 wives at the same time; "he was very charismatic ..." "He was just a homeboy from Tennessee." Juror No. 8 says friend's ex-husband concealed second marriage for 14 years. When she was younger, Juror No. 8 was a paralegal specializing in medical cases in Charleston, S.C

Juror No. 9: White female. Has has a daughter who is friends with a violent crime victim. Asked if she's familiar with sociopaths, she said she's read a book recently about the subject. Gets laugh from judge and courtroom when asked if she's known anyone to be deceitful; her answer: "Teenagers."

Juror No. 10: White female born in Panama, but has spent her life in U.S.; works with veterinary pathology journals. "I'm a little confused by the difference between sociopath and psychopath." "I've probably known a lot of sociopaths, but didn't know it." Draws laughter from courtroom.

Juror No. 11: Black female. Admits she is a fan of "Murder She Wrote." Says she enjoys "Murder She Wrote" because she likes mysteries; says she can keep open mind in this trial. Read stories about Grant's case but mis-remembered some of the details. Divorced because her ex-husband had an affair for indeterminate time.

Juror No. 12: Middle-aged white female. She has two children - 17 y/o who lives with her, 14 y/o who lives with child's father Bachelors degree in psychology: however, "I must've missed the day we talked about sociopaths." She was threatened by anonymous female caller from a blocked number a few years ago; filed police report but suspect never found. (State dismissed with peremptory challenge first no. 12)


***Group question was whether they had extensively traveled. All answered yes.***

 

[Chelly]

Good morning WS Friends!!!

Just wondering if court is dark on Fridays.

Thanks!!

 

[Boodles]

Good morning WS Friends!!!

Just wondering if court is dark on Fridays.

Thanks!!

It never has been in the past, expecting 5 days a week. This judge like to stay on schedule.

 

[SurfieTX]

Wow - juror number 8 has quite the story to tell!

 

[ohoh]

Wow - juror number 8 has quite the story to tell!

Wowzers, you can say that again, verrrrrrry interesting !

 

[geevee]

Good morning WS Friends!!!

Just wondering if court is dark on Fridays.

Thanks!!

Love the WS plug.

I saw a mention that the judge told his staff that jury selection may go into Friday, and as far as I've seen, they keep a 5 day work week.

 

[04009margaret]

G'day everyone,
Waiting for tweets re jury selection is so drawn out lol. So desperate for a trial fix I think I'll catch todays action in the Bashara pre-trial hearing. Better to have something than nothing.

 

[04009margaret]

Love the humour from juror #10 "I've known a lot of sociopaths, but didn't know it"

 

[04009margaret]

Juror #11 is a fan of "Murder She Wrote" lol

 

[04009margaret]

Juror #12 has batchelors degree in psychology but must have missed the day they talked about sociopaths lol

 

[Chelly]

I like Bryan Hanks so far. He tweets frequently with alot of info.

 

[Chelly]

Jury likes to crack jokes.

 

[04009margaret]

Individual questioning of jurors has now finished. What happens in the process now?

 

[SurfieTX]

I like Bryan Hanks so far. He tweets frequently with alot of info.

I like him too! Thank you, Bryan!!

 

[Chelly]

Individual questioning of jurors has now finished. What happens in the process now?

Selections of alternates? Or maybe defense has challenges?

 

[SurfieTX]

Individual questioning of jurors has now finished. What happens in the process now?

The defense gets a certain number of peremptory challenges (they can dismiss X number of jurors for no reason). I don't remember how many they get.

 

[Jewels53]

Juror #11 is a fan of "Murder She Wrote" lol

If you leave Margaret to go watch something else you will miss all of these funny things.

I am so looking forward to a trial also, there should be several this year.

So Happy you decided to join us!

 

[04009margaret]

Loving the sound of this jury. Never followed jury selection before as the trials are on in the middle of the night here, so always only wanted to watch the main event for as long as I can stay awake lol