Comments? Jury selection took one day and consists of ten women and two men. I'm hoping he's convicted.

My understanding is that federal prosecutors wouldn't bring this to trial without it being a "slam dunk" case.

My brother actually got a juror questionnaire in the mail for this trial. It was ~100 pages long. I am not surprised jury selection was so quick.

If you're looking for the make-up of the jury.

Female factor is interesting. State's main witness is a female.

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AllThings12thMan said:

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Had a buddy of mine get pulled for jury duty for this case. They asked him what radio stations he listens to and the said the Ticket. They wound up telling him thanks but no thanks.

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Everybody knows the little Ticket is a Dwayne Caraway station!

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That's the point.

2 possible scenarios: conviction and hung jury. I really think acquittal at this point is unlikely.

I do, however, think he'll be free on appeal -- which will take years and there isn't any guarantee a conviction won't be undone.

91AggieLawyer said:

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2 possible scenarios: conviction and hung jury. I really think acquittal at this point is unlikely.

I do, however, think he'll be free on appeal -- which will take years and there isn't any guarantee a conviction won't be undone.

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how bad were the prosecution/FBI screw-ups?

I don't know. Didn't hear about those until today. If they found several hundred thousand dollars in cash at his home, they at least had him cold on tax evasion. Why they pulled any shenanigans on this case is beyond me.

I don't have any love lost for Price, nor do I not believe fully the allegations, but this is another example of where prosecutors may simply be trying to win a case vs. doing justice. That isn't right, regardless of who the defendant is. If they did something wrong, however, the judge should protect the defendant's rights but shouldn't wreck the case.

I must have missed it. What happened?

News Article

"As a result, Lynn allowed the defense to re-call those two FBI witnesses and ask them new questions. Prosecutors will not be able to ask their own questions unless they convince Lynn that they should be allowed to."


This should cure the potential error and harm analysis, imo.

I would like to see JWP go to jail. Just another black corrupt politician that shakes people down for money. Have you noticed when race baiters like him finally get investigated and arrested it is over that is just over the top corruption. There are smaller accounts of illegal activities and they are left alone by the cops and just never seems to be prosecuted.
In the end that is what gets them feeling like they are untouchable.

I've got a bad feeling he is going to get away with all of this.

DannyDuberstein said:

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I've got a bad feeling he is going to get away with all of this.

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I do too. Didn't think so until the prosecution made so many mistakes these last few weeks. Defense didn't even feel like they needed to put either defendant up there.

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I would like to see JWP go to jail. Just another black corrupt politician that shakes people down for money. Have you noticed when race baiters like him finally get investigated and arrested it is over that is just over the top corruption. There are smaller accounts of illegal activities and they are left alone by the cops and just never seems to be prosecuted.
In the end that is what gets them feeling like they are untouchable.

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Can someone give me a summary of what he did or is being accused of?

In short, he's accused of taking around a million bucks in bribes to funnel and approve county contracts to certain vendors. And then also tax evasion for not reporting it.

Wasn't there a female politician banging some contractor and funneling him business? Maybe in Richardson?

Yeah, Richardson mayor ended up resigning afyer it came out that she had an affiar with a developer that got a big project. Although nothing criminal came of it and I think they decided it was still appropriately awarded.

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Laura Macza. An Aggie unfortunately.

The challenge with Price's case is that rarely are things incredibly clear and clean to explain to a jury. Between the use of middlemen (or in his case, women) and them at least making some effort to conceal what they were doing under the guise of "consultation", a juror that is already inclined to be sympathetic to Price can be tough to convince. And in this case, it sounds like there were some screwups to mix in that don't help.

DannyDuberstein said:

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The challenge with Price's case is that rarely are things incredibly clear and clean to explain to a jury. Between the use of middlemen (or in his case, women) and them at least making some effort to conceal what they were doing under the guise of "consultation", a juror that is already inclined to be sympathetic to Price can be tough to convince. And in this case, it sounds like there were some screwups to mix in that don't help.

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Yep. The Clay Davis trial from the Wire comes to mind for me. We're still missing where JWP talks about getting "puff jackets for dem kids", but there's still time!

Just found out I grew up with his lawyer, Chris Knox. His dad was a semi-famous Dallas criminal defense lawyer Bill Knox. His favorite quote "Every time the phone rings, another hooker gets busted."

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juror that is already inclined to be sympathetic to Price can be tough to convince

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This is a federal jury making that less of a problem. He would never lose a similar state trial in Dallas County.

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This is my hope. Still worried about that factor though

Charges of bribery and fraud against John Wiley Price may be tossed before jury gets case

Well...maybe they can still get him on tax evasion

Jury nullification.