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Defense lawyer solicited by juror for bribe

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

From ABAJournal.com: Federal Juror Charged With Bribery, Allegedly Solicited Defense Lawyer: A federal juror has been charged with bribery and contempt of court after allegedly seeking money from a defense lawyer in a tax evasion case against a St. Louis-area automobile dealer. Dorothy Hendricks is accused of calling a unidentified defense lawyer in the U.S. Virgin Islands case over a $300 million tax shelter there and asking the attorney to put a price on a not guilty verdict, according to the Belleville News-Democrat and the St. Louis Business Journal. When the lawyer refused and promised to contact the court about the call, she allegedly said "Forget it, I told them that this would not work," perhaps referring to a conversation she allegedly had with another juror about seeking money in connection with their jury service, according to the Business Journal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).