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...charges in 2006 became one of the most publicly debated cases to emerge from eight years of controversy at the Bush Justice Department. Now new documents highlight alleged misconduct by the Bush-appointed U.S. Attorney and other prosecutors in the case, including what appears to be extensive and unusual contact between the prosecution and the jury...
...Last year Grimes gave the DOJ additional e-mails detailing previously undisclosed contact between prosecutors and members of the Siegelman jury. In nine days of deliberation, jurors twice told the judge they were deadlocked and could not reach a decision. After the panel finally delivered a conviction, allegations emerged that jurors had discussed the case in e-mails among themselves and downloaded Internet material - serious breaches that could have invalidated the verdict. But the trial judge ruled that the jurors' alleged misconduct was harmless...
...What's more, when prosecutors conducted their own investigation of suspected improper conduct by jurors after the trial, two of them were interviewed, despite instructions from the judge that no contact with jurors should occur without his permission. Those interviews were not publicly disclosed until nearly two years later, when the head of the DOJ's criminal division belatedly wrote all parties, including the appeals court in Atlanta, to inform them...
...stake its claim, the Australian company has just done a deal with Denmark's Danisco to produce straws containing three strains of freeze-dried bacteria that "wake up" when they come into contact with liquid. Unlike yogurt, the straws don't need to be refrigerated and can be consumed in juice. The price could be as little as half that of a probiotic yogurt...
...participating for the sake of participating: Eventually you will realize that most of your irritation stems from how much you identify with this person. In the meantime though, use it to your advantage that this one is a chronic self-contradictor. Recycle his bullshit into yours. 3) Avoiding eye contact with the TF after an impossible question’s been asked: Head down. Write. Write as much as you can in that notebook of yours and don’t look up. This screams “genius-flowing-no-interruptions-plz.” Practice your signature...