Okay, confirming that Juror #741 was the sole remaining alternate.
Jurors polled:
193
254
326
530
544-f
572-f
578
589
630-f
729
826-f
864-f
The 'f' denotes what I believe was a female voice but this is MOO.
Of the polled Jurors above who voted AM guilty, I offer the following:
Juror #630 gave a sworn statement (affidavit) that she had questions about AM's guilt but voted guilty because she felt pressured by
other jurors.
She also alleges that jurors frequently discussed the case between breaks before deliberations. Claims at the end of the trial, the Clerk came into the jury room a lot.
Juror #630 claims that jury foreperson #826 would tell the bailiff she needed to speak to the Clerk (Ms. Hill), and after the Clerk summoned to the jury room, foreperson #826 and the Clerk would go to another room to speak privately.
Juror #326 did not file a sworn statement but the comments he made to the defense were recounted in an affidavit by Ms. Miller from the defense team.
The defense talked to Juror #326 and his mother at his mother's house. He told the defense his vote changed based on the evidence.
When asked if the Clerk told Jurors not to let the defense mislead them, he could only recall the Clerk telling the Jurors that the photos (images) admitted as evidence would be disturbing.
Juror #326 provided that the jurors were stationed in two different rooms when not in the courtroom, and he was in the room with mostly men.
The juror said that the Clerk would visit the other room more often but he couldn't hear what she told the other jurors (including #630, #741, and #785) stationed in another room.
[I presume here, relative to the frequency of visits by the Clerk, he's telling the defense what jurors in the other room told him].
Juror #326 claims he and others discussed the case prior to deliberations but he did not discuss the case with anyone outside of the jurors.
As the jury was deliberating, both the bailiff and the Clerk told the jurors they could not take a smoke break.
After the Trial concluded, a Group chat was formed but he dropped out because "there were too many chats."
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I'm not seeing much if any opportunity for a dismissed juror or an alternate! I think Ms. Becky and her book rubbed these two jurors in a bad way.
Juror #785 (egg lady) was dismissed from the jury for having improper communication. Juror #785 provided her sworn statement in an affidavit.
Juror #741 was the sole remaining alternate juror. #741 did not file a sworn statement but the comments made to the defense were recounted in an affidavit by Ms. Miller from the defense team.
Juror #741 was the first to allege the Clerk made comments about the evidence right before the defense put up its case.
According to their comments, seems to me Jurors #785 and #741 connected during their time on the jury, and where #741 claims #785 and #741 did not join in on conversations about AM. I think they've long been communicating and are aware of what each told the defense.
The way I see it, we have two jurors who did not vote on the verdict that came forward six months later to make serious allegations against the Clerk.
While I think the book should have waited, I'm still not feeling any ill intent by the Clerk.
ETA: I just learned of EB's claim the other jurors are prepared to report the opposite of the Jurors with allegations against the Clerk, It makes sense to me.
