The C-Murder trial just WON'T go away quietly

So. Looks like people just can't leave well enough alone, can they?

According to the times-picayune:
A Metairie woman who served on the jury that convicted Corey "C-Murder" Miller of murder said she changed her vote to guilty to end deliberations in defense of a young juror who felt the rapper was innocent but who emotionally and physically crumbled under the "brutal" pressure heaved by other jurors.

"This thing had to come to an end for this girl's health, her sanity," said Jacob, executive director of a group that advocates for families and the disabled, of the 20-year-old Xavier University student who voted for Miller's innocence. "I believe what happened to Steve Thomas on the floor of the Platinum Club happened to her verbally.

"I was more worried about this little girl than I was about Corey Miller," Jacob said. "Corey Miller will survive whatever happens to him."

"They literally made this 20-year-old girl so violently ill," Jacob said. "She was shaking so bad. She ran into the bathroom. She was throwing her guts up. She couldn't function anymore. That's when I decided, the judge don't want to listen to me, doesn't want to listen to us? I told them, 'You want him to be guilty? He's guilty, now let's get the hell out of here."

ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. So...even though the jurors looked very happy-go-lucky every time they walked in the courtroom, and even though this "emotionally fragile" 20 year old student somehow managed to change her toenail polish color every day, the jury deliberations were actually a re-creation of Lord of the Flies? I don't buy it. These jurors don't look like they could tie their own shoelaces, let alone collude to emotionally torture a 20 year old to the point of physical illness.

Also, way to compare the verbal torture in jury deliberations to the murder of Steve Thomas. All class.

Here is why I am calling B.S. on this whole situation. 1) They deliberated, for...i'm not even kididng, a total of like 8 hours. That is an average person's workday. Do you know how much abuse a person learns to take during an average workday? 2) These jurors looked like they were all BFFS every time I saw them. Laughing, giggling, etc. 3) They got free meals, and free parking, and they had to sit in a room and argue. I don't know about you - but this sounds like heaven to me. Read more