A man who was convicted charges a retrial as the sex between the jury goes out of control

In the United States, a man who was convicted is seeking to redo the trial as if the jury had a sexual intercourse between himself and the judge was out of order. In Japan also against the judge systemVarious problemsIt is an interesting case as it has been pointed out.

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12/22/2008 - St. Louis killer wants new trial on claim that jurors had sex - STLtoday.com

Roberto Dunn and his attorney, Lisa Stroup, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing a girlfriend's mother eight years ago, may have the possibility that the jury's sex affected the judgment against the presiding judge We are seeking a retrial as there is.

Immediately after the ruling, there was a letter inquiry to the presiding judge from one of the jurors that the other jury had sex with a hotel staying in trial. Also in the letter that police officers who had escorted the jury also had sexual intercourse, the lawyers at the time requested redoing of the deliberation based on this letter but rejected by the presiding judge. However, in this trial, there were various other deficiencies such as police officers listening to the conversation between the jury, Mr. Stroup said, "Although the former lawyer should pursue the deficiencies more strongly I have appealed to the presiding judge that Mr. Dunn had not been adequately defended. "

Jennifer Thompson of the time the jury accused of the jury that "the jury should be more serious in a trial judging whether to become the capital punishment or not," is not a provision that prohibits jury sex. I will. The presiding judge seems to have heard testimony from Mr. Thompson earlier this month and hear from other witnesses on the 9th of next month to judge whether to retry.