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‘Murdaugh Murders’ Trial: ‘Egg Juror’ Doesn’t Want To Talk
Attorney: “She earned through her public service the right to have her wishes respected.”
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Mixed feelings here – The lady HAD to have expected some degree of notoriety post-trial – by virtue of it being the so-called “trial of the century” … right? With her ‘eggs-cusal” from Hizzoner, it was essentially a moot question. Heck, she had The Fourth Estate on her tail as they drove her away from the court-house!! I respect her/her attorney’s request to be left alone. But I feel like somebody will catch her out ……..Kathleen
Why did the jurors even know she was “dug in” when the jurors were instructed to NOT discuss the case prior to deliberations? Judge Newman must have stated “Do not discuss the case” to jurors maybe a hundred times? Since the egg juror was released before deliberations, why was she running her mouth by talking to the other jurors about her position?
Come on Karen. Are you this naïve? Griffin and Harpootlian are obviously leaking that she would have hung the jury but for Judge Newman dismissing her. Willy Folks isn’t above using those two as a source any more than he would be about her hairstylists sisters husband.
I’d like to know why she had a dozen eggs with her in the first place.
Another juror brought eggs in for the other jurors
More curious to me is that Judge Newman told the jury to “not discuss the case” at the end of every court day and at the beginning of each break; but, if he had ever admonished them against visiting social media and the internet, he stopped so doing early-to-mid trial. Judge Newman was aware the jury could access the internet and said so in dressing Jim Griffin down. Yet, nothing, BUT NOTHING, was done to stop the Prosecution from getting its rumors and quackeries to the jury, from “Maggie saw a divorce lawyer and hired and accountant” to “Alex Murdaugh tried to strangle a prostitute” to “family annihilator fits him to a T” through this very FITSnews and its live commentary. Eric Bland, a sponsor of this blog, bragged that he had been on 176 shows during the trial and made no secret whatsoever of his constantly advising the Prosecution and his desire to see a conviction. Judge Newman should have asked the jury every day if they had visited the internet and seen anything about the case. As to the dozen eggs, I hear they are hard to find and expensive. She may have had them boiled as a treat to her fellow jurors but decided they do not deserve the treat after betraying her. In any case, Judge Newman should not have so mocked her for wanting her eggs back, specially after she left.
Another juror brought eggs in for the other jurors during the trial