Juror In The Sheldon Silver Corruption Case Makes A Valiant Attempt to Get Out
This juror is DONE with jury duty. Too bad the judge disagrees.
I am wondering if there is anyway I can be excused from this case, because I have a different opinion/view so far in this case and it is making me feel very, very uncomfortable… I’m feeling pressured, stressed out… told that I’m not using my common sense, my heart is pounding and my head feels weird. I am so stressed out right now that I can’t even write normally. I don’t feel like I can be myself right now! I need to leave!
— An unnamed juror in the Sheldon Silver corruption trial in a note sent to Judge Valerie E. Caproni less than two hours into deliberations. Judge Caproni denied the request, saying it is “too early for a juror to throw in the towel.”