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RangeFire, One Juror Dismissed

The rest of the story is that in addition to being a former BLM employee, Juror No. 11 is also a current law enforcement officer, with the department of corrections. How did he get past Voir Dire questioning? Obvious masking of his background, connections, and biases?

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Breaking Developments in the Oregon Standoff Trial

October 26, 2016 - Government/Politics, Land Use News - Tagged: Breaking News, Bundy, Malheur, Oregon, Range, RANGEfire, Standoff, trial - 1 comment

One juror dismissed. Alternate appointed, and deliberations set to start over from scratch — Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
The jury in the Oregon Standoff Trial began deliberations last Thursday (Oct. 20, 2016).

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Yesterday, separate jurors passed notes to Judge Brown expressing concerns and asking questions, indicating that the jury was in deadlock, and that one of the jurors, a former BLM employee, who had underreported his biases during voir dire examination, had expressed an admitted bias at the outset of deliberations, but nothing had been done about it.

According to OPB’s Conrad Wilson:

“The big takeaway from these jury questions: there’s some doubt about the government’s case.” — Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting

The defendants filed a motion to dismiss that juror — Juror No. 11 — or declare a mistrial in the case.

The rest of the story is that in addition to being a former BLM employee, Juror No. 11 is also a current law enforcement officer, with the department of corrections. How did he get past Voir Dire questioning? Obvious masking of his background, connections, and biases?

After much pushing with plenty of case law to support the motion, Judge Brown dismissed Juror No. 11, forcing her to randomly select an alternate juror. Alternate Juror #18 was selected. Judge Brown then dismissed the jury for the day. Jury deliberations will start over again FROM SCRATCH, beginning tomorrow.

Never a dull moment!

For Maxine Bernstein’s treatment of this issue, CLICK HERE.

For more RANGEFIRE! coverage of previous trial developments, CLICK HERE.

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