Does postverdict press scrutiny prevent abuses or create them? Last April before the trial began, the federal prosecutor warned that the jurors in the case would.
One Jewish juror was chosen, Benjamin Glick, 60, who runs a clothing business.
In it, she says a member of the team prosecuting Siegelman had spoken with a juror suspected of improper conduct apparently at the time the judge was due to question the juror .
What makes a good juror in the Zimmerman trial? Jury selection went into its second day on Tuesday with lawyers on both sides looking for that elusive perfect juror.
June 12, 2013 - GlobalPost
Juror not picked for Whitey Bulger case describes tense atmosphere during selection process Now that the final jury has been selected for the federal trial of alleged gangleader James “Whitey” Bulger, details are emerging of what the experience was like for those in the jury pool. “There were a lot of people chewing on fingernails, a lot of tension,” said Marcia Pereira, a 50-year-old property manager from Medway who was dismissed from the first group of more than 200 potential jurors ...
June 11, 2013 - Boston Globe
Phil Bredesen in International Herald Tribune I've always taken the position that I'm not trying to be the 13th juror; I'm trying to be a backstop,Bredesen told The Associated Press on Friday. "The judicial system just kind of broke down."