Juror lied to get off Stevens jury, see horse race

[Judi Lynn]

Source: MSNBC/Associated Press

Juror lied to get off Stevens jury, see horse race
Judge: She'd have been unable to deliberate given rambling statements
updated 7 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Marian Hinnant, identified as juror No. 4, to return to court to explain why she disappeared during jury deliberations. Hinnant, 52, brought a stack of handwritten notes with her to the court Monday along with public defender A.J. Kramer, and told the judge that her father hadn't died and she was at the Breeders' Cup in Arcadia, Calif.

She apologized for lying, and then started a long rambling story about horses, which included references to horse breeding, the Breeders' Cup, drugs, President Ford's son Steven and her condo in Florida being bugged.

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Outside the courthouse, Hinnant refused to answer questions about whether she was on medication or had been hospitalized. When asked what she thought about Stevens' case, she said: "He didn't do anything any of the other congressmen and senators did, so they're all guilty."




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[TrogL]

1. Is there a sanity check for jurors?

[ellenfl]

2. apparently not. eom

[happygoluckytoyou]

4. YES and it will be applied for the jury trial of JUROR NUMBER 4

[1monster]

7. To quote a late great commedian, "There's no such thing as a Sanity Clause."

RIP Groucho Marx

[Jack Rabbit]

10. It was Chico's line

But he was a great comedian in his own right.


Mad-Hatter (Germany)

[1monster]

11. They were all great... Loved Harpo the best, though.

[MrsBrady]

3. sounds like gambling problems, some kind of substance problem n/t

[Kalifornia.Kid]

5. To fly from coast to coast for a horse race - that's a bad case of the you betcha's

[maxsolomon]

6. she goes right into the appeal documents

thanks, crazy lady!

[Judi Lynn]

8. I wondered about that. She's apparently a supporter, too, if she feels he's no different from

the ones who are not on trial.

[AngryAmish]

9. I hope she is prosecuted

We can't have people just blowing off jury duty.