glennds wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:10 pm Martha Stewart's lawyers argued that something similar was going on in her criminal trial with one particular juror who gave interviews after the verdict.
I do not remember ever reading that any of the jurors in her criminal trial benefitted financially from being a juror. Is there any evidence of this?
Vinny,
I'm not saying happened, just that Martha Stewart's lawyers made allegations that the juror named Chappel Hartridge had lied on his juror questionnaire. They pointed to this and other arguments as part of an appellate case which happened after Martha had served her sentence. The appellate case was intended to clear her name, and it failed.
Chappel Hartridge probably brought attention to himself by giving an interview to NBC right on the courthouse steps: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4466939