Libby Jurors Seek More Supplies
After a monthlong trial full of high-tech
gadgetry and multimedia presentations, jurors in the CIA leak trial apparently
are handcrafting their own visual aids to help sort out the complicated
case.
After a monthlong trial full of high-tech gadgetry
and multimedia presentations, jurors in the CIA leak trial apparently are handcrafting their own visual aids to help sort
out the complicated case.
Jurors asked for a large flip chart, masking tape, Post-it notes and pictures of the witnesses almost immediately after beginning deliberations last week. Late Wednesday afternoon, they emerged to ask the judge for large, easel-sized pages that can be stuck on walls.
“We would like another big Post-it pad,” the jury foreman wrote. “The large one for the easel.”
The trial focused heavily on one week in June 2003 and attorneys for both sides used computerized timelines to highlight key events. Jurors may be trying to reconstruct their own timeline from witness testimony that sometimes was conflicting.
Can’t someone give them a laptop and projector? Help them build their own PowerPoint presentation?
Jurors asked for a large flip chart, masking tape, Post-it notes and pictures of the witnesses almost immediately after beginning deliberations last week. Late Wednesday afternoon, they emerged to ask the judge for large, easel-sized pages that can be stuck on walls.
“We would like another big Post-it pad,” the jury foreman wrote. “The large one for the easel.”
The trial focused heavily on one week in June 2003 and attorneys for both sides used computerized timelines to highlight key events. Jurors may be trying to reconstruct their own timeline from witness testimony that sometimes was conflicting.
Can’t someone give them a laptop and projector? Help them build their own PowerPoint presentation?
Posted: Thu - March 1, 2007 at 01:50 PM