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1991 Homicidal Handyman Case: My Jury Tampering Questions Linger
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/24/18 | Katy Grimes

Posted on 05/24/2018 7:15:41 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Morris Solomon is now going through a Habeas Corpus review of his 1992 trial

I received a jury summons in the mail last week. Whenever this happens, I stare at it for a few days or weeks, and then try to dream up an exotic excuse why I cannot possibly serve. I’m not trying to get out of my civic duty; I paid my civic debt years ago on a death penalty jury—and I was a casualty of jury tampering.

In 1991, I was assigned as a juror to the death penalty trial of serial killer Morris Solomon Jr. Known as the Sacramento “Handyman Killer” in the late 1980s, Solomon killed half a dozen prostitutes and young women in the Oak Park neighborhood between 1986 and 1987. Realizing I would be stuck for many months on this jury, I decided to take copious notes during the trial each day. Within six weeks, I had already filled 4 notepads, front and back. I didn’t realize my note taking bothered someone in the courtroom.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: handymancase; homicide; jurytampering; morrissolomon

1 posted on 05/24/2018 7:15:42 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

Just another way to manipulate a jury trial...


2 posted on 05/24/2018 7:31:32 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: Sean_Anthony

You won’t believe how messed up our justice system is because of lawyers and their stupid rules.


3 posted on 05/24/2018 7:32:31 AM PDT by Does so (Let's make the word Mohammedism--adding it to other ISMs...)
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To: Does so
You won’t believe how messed up our justice system is because of lawyers and their stupid rules. We no longer have a "justice system." The proper term nowadays is "legal system." It's fashionable to rag on lawyers, but they really do bear much of the blame for so many of the deleterious societal and cultural developments of the past decades. Worse, all three branches of government are infested with lawyers. This has been especially destructive of the legislative branch.
4 posted on 05/24/2018 7:40:54 AM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: Blurb2350

It’s no wonder that the legion of lawyers infesting our government object to a business leader as President.


5 posted on 05/24/2018 9:12:49 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Maybe she should bring it up this time.

What would happen if she got called for the retrial???


6 posted on 05/24/2018 9:47:47 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Anyone who thinks most prosecutors are interested in justice more than getting a conviction is either naive; or lying. Happens ALL THE TIME.


7 posted on 05/24/2018 10:55:51 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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