“Flirting Juror” Axed From MI Gov Kidnapping Trial

Michigan Live reports:

A young woman has been relieved of her jury duty following concerns she might have been flirting with a man accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

As proceedings continued Friday morning in the jury trial of Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar, Judge Thomas Wilson announced that a young woman has been removed from the jury. The decision comes two days after attorneys raised concerns said juror was having too much non-verbal communication with Bellar.

“It didn’t just happen on one day — it happened over multiple days,” Wilson said of the juror’s behavior. “I decided its safer to err on the side of caution.”

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Concerns that the young woman was smiling and looking at one of the defendants too often were brought before the judge earlier this week. “I decided its safer to err on the side of caution,” the judge said. https://t.co/4l05NJvOpS

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