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...After the February 2005 trial, the jury quickly settled on an acquittal on the rape charge because the videotape clearly showed that the girl consented to sex, according to jury forewoman Marie Manigault in an interview with TIME. The tape also clearly showed that the 15-year-old girl involved in the oral sex episode had also consented; but Georgia law at the time made any oral sex with a partner under 16 a felony, regardless of consent. "He didn't do a single thing that was physically aggressive toward either of the girls, and he wasn't vocally intimidating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should a Teen Sex Offender Go Free? | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

...They somewhat reflected the demographics of the District of Columbia. The majority were African American and were disproportionately women. Most sat in black vinyl chairs with little desks in rows that were slightly elevated, as if it were a shabby classroom at a rundown college. A kindly African-American forewoman swore me in, and when I had to leave the room to consult with my attorneys, I asked her permission to be excused, not the prosecutor's, as is the custom. These grand jurors did not seem the types to passively indict a ham sandwich. I would say one-third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "What I Told the Grand Jury" | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...seemed to most of the jurors too calculated, his story, and a little bit too practiced and rehearsed,” recalls Jury Forewoman Carol D. Neville. “It didn’t ring true and it didn’t line up with the physical evidence...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emotions Run High At Murder Trial | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...former jury forewoman Carol D. Neville said, contrary to the defense’s claims, that even she’d heard of the 18-year-old’s criminal indiscretions, she still would not have been convinced to side with the defense...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pring-Wilson May Face Murder Retrial | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...former jury forewoman Carol D. Neville said, contrary to the defense’s claims, that even she’d heard of the 18-year-old’s criminal indiscretions, she still would not have been convinced to side with the defense...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pring-Wilson May Face Murder Retrial | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

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