Word: juror
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point, a fleeting smile enlivened the face of a woman juror. Titters rippled through the courtroom when Charles Colson, an imprisoned former Nixon aide, was heard telling Convicted Watergate Burglar E. Howard Hunt not to get too specific about why he wanted hush money. "This is a serious matter," the stern Sirica scolded. "Serious to the defendants ... serious to me. There will be no more laughter...
...clearest indication of how active the grand jury was in the questioning of witnesses came in the charge that Gordon Strachan had responded falsely in a grand-jury appearance in June of 1972. He was pressed closely by Foreman Pregelj and an unnamed juror about his admitted delivery of the $350,000 in cash to LaRue. Strachan contended that he gave the money, which had been controlled by Haldeman, to LaRue only for him to return it to the Nixon re-election committee. But jurors wanted to know why he carried it in a briefcase at night to the apartment...
...Neill said that if the impeachment question reaches the floor of the House for a vote, he compares his duty to that of a grand juror deciding whether to grant an indictment. He said he will let the Judiciary Committee make its presentation of the facts before he decides how he will vote...
Though he has said that Nixon should resign, he insists that he has not made up his mind on impeachment. Says he: "I'm still taking the position that I'm a grand juror. I want the Judiciary Committee to report, and then I'll study the report and make my own decision. This is a matter for every man's conscience. I'd never try to persuade anybody to vote one way or the other on this. The best interest of the country must come first...
Nichol, who is doing all the juror questioning himself, is frankly impressed with the team's techniques and is using some questions it suggests. Soon the panel will be whittled down to 38 possible jurors who have not been disqualified for cause; the prosecution will then have six peremptory challenges, the defense 20. Means and Banks will exercise the final say as to how the defense uses its challenges...