You are correct DR CILLA LIZ - the prosecutor asked twice during the trial to have this juror removed for cause - the defense rejected a juror because he watched the movie before the trial even started. Both requests were denied.
The mitigation expert continually tweeted her followers during the trial that no one should worry - it was taken care of.....
She also tweeted the results of the verdict about half an hour before court started that morning. Arias' mother also tweeted the night before that no one should be worried...."it only takes one....."
I accept the verdict, I prefer LWOP, but it does seem more than coincidence that this woman was on the jury, would not explain to other jurors why she felt as she did, would not deliberate, etc. But it is over, so I look forward to the sentencing.
JRand, I don't know where you got all that information. I'm sure the requests to strike were public record. Both sides have strikes they can exercise for whatever reason they want to during jury selection, so while the state wanted her excused for cause, they didn't take her off when they had a chance to do that.
The rest may or may not be accurate. I really don't trust what's reported on TV. If the judge denied requests to strike that can be taken up on appeal and there have been reversals for juror misconduct, but they are very rare and it takes a lot of evidence that it was intentional etc. It would result in another retrial so who knows if the state will want to do that.
The tweets aren't that unusual. It does only take one and many attorneys tell their clients and their family members that. The mother could have just been being optimistic and not really have any knowledge. As to the other tweet, who knows, maybe she was just guessing. We have no way to know.
I understand your frustration, but I'm concerned that the TV people often stir that feeling up with inaccurate information especially Nancy G who I believe was admonished at least three times by the courts for her unethical behavior as a prosecutor in Georgia.
