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July 19th, 2004
Added to the "twinkie defense" wing of great lawyerin', we now have the
Lifetime movie defense.
But Placek said she used juror TV prejudices to her advantage a few years ago as she prepared a battered-woman defense for a client accused of murdering her boyfriend. Placek picked jurors with a preference for a particular female-oriented cable channel. "They do made-for-TV movies about battered women," Placek recalled. "It was like, thank you, Jesus! Hallelujah!"
Her client was found not guilty, she said.
And who cares about justice and tax dollars when love is in the air?
The robbery case seemed open and shut, so it was curious that the jury was taking so long, with two nights of sequestering in a Chicago hotel.
As it turned out, two jurors had developed a thing for each other --and the panel dragged out deliberations so the lovebirds could spend more time together.
God bless America.