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AVALON - During his 11 years as a Los Angeles County prosecutor, Joe Weimortz had picked dozens of juries.See the full content of this document
Extract
He has the Right to Remain Relaxed in Catalina Court
But not like this.
It was May 2007, and he'd taken a helicopter from Long Beach to Catalina Island for the lobster-poaching trial of a fisherman named John Cadman.Because of the island's small population - about 3,500 people - the jury pool was full of residents who personally knew Cadman or his family. And, out of necessity, many of them were seated as jurors.Weimortz, who had never seen anything like it, said the the bigger shock came several hours later. He took the short stroll to his hote...See the full content of this document
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