And Justice for All
It was the “jury pool from hell,” says Memphis, Tenn., defense attorney Leslie Ballin. When the jury was asked if any of them had been convicted of any crimes, many hands went up. One admitted he was arrested after he “almost shot” his nephew because the boy wouldn’t come out from under his bed. Another volunteered, “I’m on morphine and I’m higher than a kite” — and walked out. A third said he was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer on prostitution decoy duty. “I should have known something was up,” the man said, since “she had all her teeth.” After finally seating a jury, Ballin’s client was found not guilty. (AP) ...Though most of the jury was locked up afterward.
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