Saturday, May 14, 2011

Casey Anthony Trial Day 6

Day 6 of jury selection in the Casey Anthony trial. Eight viable jurors have survived inquiries.Casey is wearing neutral tones today.. Taupe and beige  So far, three jurors have been excused for cause, Judge just excused man who claimed to be unable to lay aside feeling CaseyAnthony is guilty.

Both sides are now questioning a young man who appears to be in his twenties. He knows very little about the case. that Casey is guilty in order to sit on jury.Juror 1375 is excused. He believes .
Attorneys go to sidebar. Next juror is  22 year old WM.He says he believes in the death penalty in some cases. He avoids "bad news" on the news but told the state he could handle this grim case. Ashton objects to Defense asking if the juror could consider " mercy and death is never a requirement." Sustained. Defense asks potential juror of mitigating factors. She explains "mitigating" factors such age, sexual abuse, verbal abuse. Potential juror said he could not consider agee as wether your 18 or 67.  You would know right from wrong. Judge Perry interjects and explains that some weight can be given to  mitigating factors such as age per law. Attoryney Finnel done wih Voire dire questioning, Attorney Drake questions pontential juror.
Jose Baez moves to remove juror due to cause.Age is factor and fact that he lied about being arrested when he was 19.  Judge Perry denies request to be removed for cause. Baez does not want to use one of his 10  to remove juror.
Recess for 10 minutes.
Judge Perry returns to bench. Jose Baez requests sidebar after  asking to discuss previous juror. Apparently, it is the question of :mercy" once again.
Potential Juror 1392.  Judge Perry questions potential juror in regard exposure to media attention.Admits to hearing of case prior to today. States he heard "basic" information . Name and child murdered. Describes Nancy Grace as "foolish."Defense is questioning juror in regard to voir dire. Pt does express concern about finances.Perry judge decides to excuse this juror for cause.
Juror 1375 is excused. He believes CaseyAnthony is guilty.
Juror 1394 is excused for cause. She believes the consensus is that the defendant CaseyAnthony was responsible for child's death.
Judge Perry is calling recess, jury selection for the CaseyAnthony murder trial will resume at 12:30pmET.
The judge warns the attorneys that "next week we're going on the Perry plan.
Jury selection  is back in session.The judge calls a brief recess before beginning the death penalty voir dire of a juror. Court will resume in 10 minutes.
The judge returns to the bench. The questioning of Juror 1251 continues. Court is still in session despite big storms rolling through Clearwater, FL. Lost signal briefly but back up now.
Juror 1001 says his father lives in Orlando .Juror says he hasn't posted anything on his Facebook about the Casey Anthony case or jury selection. Juror says he is comfortable with cameras in the courtroom.Short recess concludes. Questioning of juror 1001 continues State challenge results in Juror 1001 being excused .Juror says he is comfortable with cameras in the courtroom.Wrapped up questioning on Juror 1001. State challenge results in Juror 1001 being excused. Judge calls a 10 minute recess. There are apparenty 3 more Jurors to be questioned today.
The judge returns to the bench
Juror 1119 says he can set aside his opinion that Casey Anthony is guilty.Defense Attorney, Cheney Mason, is questioning Juror 1119. Juror says his co-workers talked about the Casey Anthony case.Defense Attorney, Cheney Mason, is questioning Juror 1119. There are no cause challenges, and so he is passed to the next level.

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