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Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why assume it didn’t start as $250k before it got to the news?

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

If I was the juror in a case of this scale, with all of the political people involved, I would be scared shitless that it was a setup by cops or some other party. I would assume I had been videoed taking the money and would run immediately to hand over every penny.