@kattnotwilliams But….the handwriting is NOT even the same… I’m not a handwriting expert and no attorney or judge should ask the jury to be, that’s what experts are for. However, even my untrained eye can tell these letter do not resemble each other.
All this talk about the hold out juror’s history…but the most important point is being missed - the man lied on the questionnaire. The purpose of voir dire is for lawyers to thoroughly & truthfully speak to jurors & he lied about things that would’ve gotten him removed. Period.
@PFabell@GogIvanka Peter, he should not have been on the jury at all. The purpose of the questionnaire is so the lawyers can conduct a robust and thorough voir dire (which translates to “to speak the truth”) I could care less about his history but he lied on the questionnaire & tainted the process
@PFabell@GogIvanka Yes, you are wrong. That’s actually literally what happens in the aftermath of trials… there are literally companies that investigate jurors for this very reason. Criminal history aside, he lied on the juror questionnaire and thus should not have been on the jury. PERIOD.
@kattnotwilliams Only reason I understand (but do not agree) is I believe a pending motion for new trial did not preclude him from filing other post conviction motions while it’s pending. If I’m wrong & he was barred from filing other motions during that time then this is very prejudicial & wrong
Judge Cristina Miranda wants to restrict access to these proceedings, which will only hinder public understanding of what's going on.
Rashaun Jones has been sitting in Miami-Dade jail since August 2021 on a 2006 shooting with no gun, no DNA, and a case that already hung 5-1 for acquittal, according to jurors who spoke with media after the mistrial.
The second trial was supposed to start May, then September 14, now November. 5+ years pretrial and they keep moving the date.
And this Judge has encouraged Rashaun Jones to just take a plea so he can go home, more than once. She's also incorrectly and improperly advised him that if he goes to trial and loses, she'd have to sentence him to life.
The lead detective was accused of running an anonymous Instagram during the first trial, posting "guilty as sin" about a witnesses. Assuming arguendo, Judge Miranda bizarrely underscored Detective Segovia's First Amendment Rights and denied Defense the opportunity to explore the issue.
An "eyewitness" (who didn't see the shooting) was also declared dead by prosecutors until ESPN knocked on his door in Louisville.
George French Jones, the jailhouse snitch who claimed Rashaun Jones confessed to him, now says an attorney paid him $15k to stay quiet, and another inmate who came forward and said George French Jones told him he was lying was willing to speak on the record, but the Defense is being accused of improperly taking his statement. That inmate's attorney was present in court a few hearings ago, but the issue wasn't heard anyway - Judge Miranda found it more important to ask Rashaun Jones, again, if he wanted to take a plea, while his counsel was trying to apprise the court of potentially exculpatory information.
Now the judge is gagging the lawyers and has been floating closed hearings, a closed docket, and other draconian measures. The State hasn't requested media restrictions and the defense is adamantly opposed to them.
This isn't even close to the half of it. #RashaunJones #FirstAmendment #BadJudges
@HankDesmondPhD This is literally AI. 🤣 You people are such losers you have to create AI pictures to try to persuade that Trump is a decent human…. Because he’s not.