Stevens Trial: The Epilogue

Nothing like being judged by a jury of your peers.

I hope this is NOT the basis for a retrial...does anyone out there know?

This does not increase my confidence in the jury system or the administration of the federal court system.

But he wishes he were dead, if that helps.

I doubt its grounds for a mistrial. Technically, the system prevailed. Had the liar stayed on the jury perhaps they would have been overly sympathetic to a fellow liar. Not to mention the potential for mischief (bribes) with a gambler on the jury. Yes I'd say the system has prevailed, despite the GOP's mission to politicize it.

I'm not a lawyer, although I did stay at a Holiday In Express once. So I say no to the chance for retrial.

I would like to see retaliation against the horse-loving juror, however.

I seriously doubt juror misconduct of this nature would affect the validity of the verdict, as she didn't participate in that verdict. She was replaced and the deliberations were re-started, just as if she'd actually been attending her own funeral. I suspect the judge shortly will make her wish she had.

Is that what he meant when he insisted that he hadn't been convicted of anything? Because we all know that being found guilty in a trial and being convicted are two entirely different things, right?

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Generally a judgment of conviction isn't considered final while appeals are still available. It's an extremely technical dodge by an extremely despicable dodger.

Isn't that the same as Palin saying the report that found she'd violated ethics rules proved she hadn't violated rules. The new conservative paradigm: Up is down and hot is cold.

Palin's was cleared on some of the charges, so she said the report cleared her.
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I mean, just think of all the laws she DIDN'T break, right?

Oh COME ON what does it take for our judicial system to not f--k things up once in a while?

“A conviction in my mind is when you finally had overruling of the motions made to set aside a verdict, or have a new trial and you're sentenced,” said the famously defiant Stevens on Friday. “I think that's the legal definition.”

Hardly suprising from the same guy who participated in this exchange while on the witness stand:

"And the chair is still at your house?" prosecutor Brenda Morris asked.

"Yes," Stevens said.

"How is that not a gift?"

"He bought that chair as a gift, but I refused it as a gift," Stevens said. "He put it there and said it was my chair. I told him I would not accept it as a gift. We have lots of things in our house that don't belong to us."

Playing to the jury, Morris appeared confused.

"So, if you say it's not a gift, it's not a gift?" she said.

"I refused it as a gift," Stevens replied. "I let him put it in our basement at his request."

Ted Stevens: Reality is Optional.

KT - A good start. Now, work Ayers and Obama's aunt into it and you've got a green light. No promises, but Mel Gibson is interested.

Well, to be fair, there was a horse in that race, Midshipmen, that I think is likely to win the Kentucky Derby next year. It's a Bob Baffert horse. So, remember, you heard it here first.

This nutjob, on the other hand, will likely be in the a padded cell instead of the paddock area of Chruchill Down, come the first Saturday in May.

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