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THE DAILY PULP WEDNESDAY

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 The New Times' Bob NormanNewspaper Story Sends Juror Home(from Bob Norman's Daily Pulp Blog)A juror in former Deerfield Beach High football star Jarvis Hicks' first-degree attempted murder trial was removed Monday after he recalled that he'd read about the case in the area's top weekly newspaper. "I was sitting there listening to the evidence and it dawned on me that I read the story in your newspaper," said Jim Curci of Hollywood, who was chosen to sit on the jury Monday. "And I'm sitting there thinking, 'This kid is getting railroaded.'" You can read about Hicks' case here. My story never made any claims about his innocence or guilt, but it did point to some of the weaknesses in the case while telling the tale of Hicks going from University of Connecticut signee (and one of the top prep schools in the country) to a Broward County jail cell...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).