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| Los Angeles DA Cooley - Poster Boy for Encouraging Jury Service |
| 2005-03-24 |
| DA Says Robert Blake Jurors Were Stupid BigEd has served as a juror in LA county : 4 trials - 4 convictions in 20 years. One Drug Dealer, One Burgular, Two Drunk Drivers... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- District Attorney Steve Cooley says Robert Blake was "guilty as sin" and the jurors who acquitted him of murder were "incredibly stupid." A jury last week found the former "Baretta" star not guilty in the 2001 slaying of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, who was shot in a car outside a restaurant where the couple had dined. "Quite frankly, based on my review of the evidence, he is as guilty as sin. He is a miserable human being," Cooley said Wednesday. Blake's attorney, M. Gerald Schwartzbach, said the district attorney's attack on the jurors was inappropriate and "small-minded." Juror Chuck Safko said: "To hear him say we aren't a smart jury is sour grapes. They didn't have a good case. Their case was built around witnesses who weren't truthful." We all make mistakes. I voted for this bozo. He was the one who defeated Gil Garcetti, the DA that messed up the Simpson trial. We in L.A. can't catch a break. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #4 If those idiots paid more than $15 a day, I'm sure the jurors could have been less "stupid".... ;) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-24 9:14:38 PM |
| #3 "To hear him say we aren’t a smart jury is sour grapes. They didn’t have a good case. Their case was built around witnesses who weren’t truthful." That should give the DA pause to think just a little bit. Pretty damning critique from a juror. Credibility is always an issue, and an important one at that for the prosecution. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-03-24 3:08:51 PM |
| #2 Hey ya big jamoke! I beat da wrap! Ya hear me? I beat it! Da suits din win dis time! And dats da name of dat tune! Now I'm gonna party with Mimi, Rooster 'n Fred! |
| Posted by: Tony Barretta 2005-03-24 3:02:17 PM |
| #1 Maybe a case would be helpful. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-03-24 2:57:29 PM |