Can anyone explain to me how 5 jurors with criminal records wind up on a jury for capital murder and no one knew about it?
Now all I am hearing is how the jurors will be prosecuted for purjury but what I really want to know is why the State is not held accountable!
When they send out the jury pool notifications to people, do they not do a complete background check to see if these folks they are sending them to have a criminal record?
It seems to me that they should be, otherwise what is the point other than an incredible waste of time if they are ineligible to begin with....and because of the flaw in the system, a mistrial declared, hours and hours of preparation wasted not to mention all the money wasted and now they have to do it all over again!
I find this lapse inexcusible and I blame the State from the folks that send out the notifications all the way up to the judge who sits on the case and everyone in between! This is a disgrace!