12-16-2016, 03:03 AM
There were no constitutional or fairness problems, Biggie, you knucklehead.
Sometimes sequestering the jury is needed and sometimes not. This is a case where it definitely was not.
It was the guilt phase of an uncontested confession to mass murder for reasons of racial hate; a formality to get to the sentencing phase, really.
And, the evidence of the hate and the crime was was all laid out for the jury. So, even if you think jurors ignored their admonition, they didn't see anything on the news that wasn't presented in court.
Sometimes sequestering the jury is needed and sometimes not. This is a case where it definitely was not.
It was the guilt phase of an uncontested confession to mass murder for reasons of racial hate; a formality to get to the sentencing phase, really.
And, the evidence of the hate and the crime was was all laid out for the jury. So, even if you think jurors ignored their admonition, they didn't see anything on the news that wasn't presented in court.