| Potential juror breaks down in questioning
Defense attorney accuses another woman of lying to get on jury April 27, 2004 Despite Judge Alfred Delucchi's optimism that the court would find six qualifiable jurors Tuesday in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial, only two San Mateo County residents made the cut. Defense attorney Mark Geragos accused a woman excused from the jury Tuesday of being a "stealth juror," his term for people who lie to get on the jury so they can execute his client. -JUROR 4650 -A redhead Caucasian chunky woman in her late 50's, wearing heavy makeup, who works at Children's Hospital (she handles the paperwork for surgical authorizations and she works off site), sent up red flags by changing her questionnaire answers during voir dire. She changed many of the answers she had written on the jury questionnaire after prosecutor Rick Distaso began interviewing her. On the survey, she had written that sentencing people to life without parole was a waste of money and that she "strongly supported" capital punishment. But under questioning Tuesday, she softened her stance considerably, saying she would not always vote for death. In addition, the questionnaire asks jurors if they have been victims of violent crime. She wrote that she had not. The first sign something was amiss was when she failed to fill in information in question #20, about the loss of child (her sister lost a child as an adult.) This woman stated that she was in the very first jury pool and the questionnaire was overwhelming like an Evelyn Wood test. She stated that she was so appalled by the news coverage of the Peterson case that she cancelled her newspapers. She stated that both penalties (death penalty and LWOP - life without parole) were a waste of taxpayer's money, but backpedaled by saying that prisoners should earn their keep, with the economy the way it is. Under questioning from Geragos, she changed her story. As Geragos chipped away at this woman's stance on the "waste of taxpayer's money" statement, the woman tripped up on question 82, the question about rush-to-judgment asking if the juror thought police are likely to quickly arrest someone in a high profile case. This woman changed her answer on the stand, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. When Geragos pressed this woman for her stance on law enforcement,she stated that she was partial to firemen, but that police treated her fairly. In fact, yesterday, shegot a traffic ticket, and the cop was adorable. Then this woman slipped up again and said: "I've been a victim, and they (police) helped me.") Geragos was taken aback, and asked the woman if she listed that fact in the questionnaire. Then Geragos asked her to discuss thedetails about her being a victim. The woman said she had been a victim, then burst into tears and wanted to go into chambers to discuss it. The woman was escorted from chambers after 17 minutes, dabbing her eyes and blowing her nose into a tissue while seated in the jury box. The judge and attorneys took her into chambers for private questioning, About 3 minutes later, the prosecution emerged. It was another 2 minutes before the defense emerged with the judge. The judge then stated to the woman: "After discussing (the matter) with counsel, we decided to let you go. Thank you for your time." Gretawire - E-Mail No.4 HOME INDEX LACI TRIAL NEWS SCOTT WITNESS LIST VERDICT JURORS MAGAZINES TRIBUTES EVIDENCE-NEWS |
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