So, what did we miss? And where is Glanville?
Over the last few months I’m sure you’ve been wondering what the hell has been going on with the YSL RICO trial. You know who else has that question burning in their minds? THE JURY. Between all of the problems with the judge, the other judge, the witnesses and the prosecution, its easy to forget that this was all behind-the-scenes action and the jury’s just been hanging out.
Scheduled to come back on Monday, Brian Steel and the defense have some much needed instructions to help the jury ease back in to the trial. Forget everything:
Erasing testimony from your mind is not as easy as deleting your computer’s search history before your mom borrows your laptop. Things tend to fall out of mental storage after two months or so, but I’d imagine that the murder accusations you heard thrown at one of the biggest rap stars of the decade has more staying power than what you had for dinner on July 12th.
You ordered something off of Uber Eats, by the way.
The good news is that Judge Whitaker recognizes the challenge of going tabula rasa at a moment’s notice and will offer members of the jury a much more reasonable way to deal with the problem:
Closing one door can open several others — let’s not forget that it took damn near a year to get this jury together. If enough jury members — Judge Whitaker says eight might be enough — are honest enough to admit that they can’t just disregard Woody’s testimony (or are willing to say that as an excuse to get out of the pocket change they make as jurors), and there aren’t enough alternates to take their place, the resulting mistrial will be well overdue.
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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