NEW: One of the 12 jurors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has been removed and replaced with an alternate after judge says the juror engaged in improper conversations outside the courtroom. https://t.co/7HVcCbGn0y
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2023
Newman said he spoke with the juror — identified as No. 785 — and she denied having discussed the case, but then two other people were interviewed about their contact with the juror and they “waffled on the nature and the extent of the contact.”
The juror ultimately spoke with three people about the case but not extensively, Newman said he learned, although it involved “giving her opinion regarding evidence received.”
[The judge had no choice but to remove the juror. On the plus side, the unnamed woman can now channel her inner Emily Kohrs and launch her media tour. What is so difficult to understand about the instruction, “Do not discuss this case with anyone”? — Ed]
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