Rising Hegemon
As I said, the original 16 jurors - 12 regulars, four alternates, got along famously with one exception. Let's call the exception RJ (Runaway Juror). She broke the first rule by flashing another juror a page in her notebook during court testimony. Fortunately the message, Look at that eye candy in the third row! wasn't top secret stuff. She also bothered Court clerk Mattie about the lunch menu, and inserted herself into others' conversations. All that was easily tolerated. But one day before we were called to court, she approached three jurors and semi-whispered, "My mother told me that reporters are writing stories about how we...." Before she could say more, all three told her to "STOP."
So this Monday morning, Court clerk Mattie (who hadn't repeated a single item of clothing in the first three weeks of the trial, according to our fashion consultants) calls RJ into the hall. A few minutes later, she's collecting her belongings. "It was just something I heard," she says. We call goodbyes from a distance. As soon as the door closes, four jurors pump their fists.
"I thought for sure she'd say something to get me disqualified," said one juror.
"You told me you didn't want to be on this jury?"
"I've come too far to leave now."
Mattie, btw doesn't appear to be the juror that caused the jury to be reduced to 11.
And there's this interesting nugget:
During one of the many lawyer conferences at Judge Walton’s desk, Kate announced a celebrity sighting. Fred Thompson, former Republican Senator, now star of TV’s Law and Order, was in the house. I vaguely remember that Thompson was an attorney during the Watergate Hearings. The woman we presume to be Libby’s wife walked back to give him a friendly hug.
The defense didn't make sure the jury knew who Libby's wife was?
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