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Ex-cop swayed jury deliberations in TYC sex abuse trial

Puzzled by the verdict, I was hoping some reporter would do juror interviews following John Paul Hernandez's acquittal this week following the TYC sex abuse trial in Lubbock, and Betsy Blaney from AP obliges with new insight into how a former police officer swayed jurors who at first considered Hernandez guilty ("Juror: Ex-cop swayed deliberations in Texas boys' prison sex case," Feb. 23). The story opens:A juror in the trial of a former juvenile prison principal acquitted of sexually abusing inmates said Tuesday that a former police officer on the jury helped sway many who initially believed the ex-administrator was guilty. Nancy Gray told The Associated Press that the officer "did a lot of talking" about reasonable doubt to the eight who believed John Paul Hernandez was guilty when deliberations started...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).