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Tension in the Tarrant County Criminal Court

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  LINKWere the jurors twittering during the trial and improperly discussing the case on Facebook?Did they bring forbidden materials into the jury room? Bully other jurors into voting against their conscience?Did they claim during jury selection that they could consider the death penalty as a possible punishment -- but when it came right down to it, flatly refused to do so?Who's to know why certain jurors' names have made it onto a list of people some Tarrant County prosecutors don't want influencing any more criminal verdicts.Defense attorney Bill Ray wants the "bad juror" list, but the district attorney's office has told the Texas attorney general that the document should remain private...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 15, 2010 (boomark / email).