Jury Rigging
October 29th, 2006 at 12:36 pm by David FarrarA fascinating case on the news last night where it is alleged a jury member went to the defendent and asked for money to get him off.
If he is guilty, it will be interesting how they found him out.
Tags: New Zealand
October 29th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Obviously not by using the link! !
Vote:October 29th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
The link is http://subs.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10408122
This is interesting becase the juror supposedly approached the defence rather than the other way around.I don’t know whether the proper term for this is ‘jury rigging’ or ‘jury tampering’ or just ‘plain old-fashioned corruption’.
This is a very serious offence. If the charge is proven I hope he is made an example to others.
Vote:October 29th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Yeah come on Dave, get an assistant.
Vote:October 29th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
With the emphasis on remanding serious offenders on bail or on home detention it seems logical that there will be more cases of jury intimidation or corruption. The logical solution would seem to be to move towards majority decisions in Jury trials and to withold names and addresses from Defence Counsel.
Vote:October 30th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
“This is a very serious offence. If the charge is proven I hope he is made an example to others.”
Well, it depends on the circumstances. The old guy maybe just wanted to make a few extra bucks. But obviously every other juror would have had to acquit for the plan to work.
In this case, it appears that the rest of the jury thought the accused was guilty, so the old man’s plan could never work (unless he had gone to the prosecution and demanded money for a conviction), although the accused now gets a second trial and a chance of acquittal.
Vote:October 30th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
“This is a very serious offence. If the charge is proven I hope he is made an example to others.”
Well, it depends on the circumstances. The old guy maybe just wanted to make a few extra bucks. But obviously every other juror would have had to acquit for the plan to work.
In this case, it appears that the rest of the jury thought the accused was guilty, so the old man’s plan could never work (unless he had gone to the prosecution and demanded money for a conviction), although the accused now gets a second trial and a chance of acquittal.
Vote:October 30th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Ross – “Well, it depends on the circumstances. The old guy maybe just wanted to make a few extra bucks.”
Vote:Funny, that’s how Robert Mugabe started out.