Jury Seated in 1st FLDS Trial
[Guest post by DRJ]
A jury has been seated in Raymond Jessop’s sexual assault trial in Eldorado, Texas. The AP reports it consists of 8 men and 4 women while the local San Angelo Standard Times says it has 7 men and 5 women.
There are no FLDS members on the jury (a fact that will likely give rise to a defense point of error if there is an appeal):
“At least five of the jurors have Hispanic surnames, and none appeared to be members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a religious community with a stronghold in Schleicher County.”
I suspect the reports of the jurors’ gender are based on the jurors’ names, and the discrepancy occurred because one juror has a first name that could be male or female.
The jurors have not been sequestered, and opening arguments are scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM CST today — just a few minutes ago because I’m posting this at 3:38 PM CST.
— DRJ
Can we presume that the Hollywood types have rushed to his defense?
[ok, ok, call off the crickets, already!]
[note: fished from spam filter. –Stashiu]
ras (caaeea) — 10/28/2009 @ 2:05 pmGood point, ras. I’m waiting to hear what Gore Vidal has to say.
The activist Polanski wing of the Kalifornia Kool-Aiders (graduates of the Betty Ford clinic, Malibu annex) hasn’t yet issued a press release, but Michael Moore is rumored to be working on a script. It’s a remake of Lolita, but with a Hanna Giles look-alike in the title role. At first, they considered using a “girl in a gingham dress” like the ones on Little House, Wagon Train, or Rawhide, but rejected it as too scary for a general audience. They’re going for an “R” rating.
West Hollywood Polanskites are considering a back door initiative to revive the death penalty for “pampered pedophiles, who run from the authorities after sexually abusing little girls.” The group intends to focus on Texas and Utah, but has no plans for a similar measure closer to home.
ropelight (73157f) — 10/29/2009 @ 11:02 am