Andrew L. Urban
In a Sydney murder trial, Juror John was so disturbed by what he saw as the Crown’s unethical behaviour, unrestrained by the judge, he barely could restrain himself from jumping out of his seat and shouting his objections to the prosecutor and the judge. He was recalling this a few years after the trial. He is still outraged. Juror John (not his real name) spent many weeks in the jury room for that trial. He was pretty disgusted by the ignorance and or carelessness of some of his fellow jurors, too. And in the end, the jury could not agree on a verdict. Continue reading