In a 2007 interview with The New York Times, Holle stated that “I honestly thought they were going to get food,” adding that “When they actually mentioned what was going on, I thought it was a joke.” He explained that he was naive, and had been drinking all night, so he “didn’t understand what was going on.”
Yeah right! I always think my friends are joking when they ask to borrow my car to go steal some drugs.
It sounds like a weirdness that tests the sanity of the rule. It looks suspicious, but maybe it doesn’t even rise to the level of the proof of a crime. With the privileges of juries come their downfalls too. Maybe a pardon can eventually be had.