Trial Abandoned While Jurors Play Suduko
OH: “A drugs trial has been abandoned in Australia after several jurors admitted they had spent much of their time playing Sudoku in the courtroom.”
Judge Peter Zahra aborted proceedings after the jury forewoman admitted she and four others had been playing the popular puzzles to fight off boredom.
The problem was discovered when some of the jurors were observed writing notes vertically rather than horizontally.
And:
Lawyers had presumed the scribbling they could see jurors doing was note-taking.
“We actually all thought they were quite a diligent jury,” lawyer Robyn Hakelis told ABC local radio.
“The judge had made many comments about what a good jury they were, how they were taking copious amounts of notes.”
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
How lucky can defendents get?
OK DO U SU members of the jury who play SUDOKU ?
BBC reports ‘There is no legal action that can be taken against jurors for doing puzzles during a trial, so they will face no penalty for their behaviour.’
It appears the jurors found it easier to focus on Sudoku than the trial. The trial took more brains to follow than Sudoku the judiciary are pleased to hear
I wonder which way they would have voted if they had not been caught, or does the action of the defense speak all