U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley has nixed a bid by the defense team for David C. Kernell to poll potential jurors via a questionnaire that would examine, among other things, their political leanings and attitudes about Palin.
Attorneys Wade Davies and Anne Passino earlier this year sought to use a jury questionnaire to prescreen potential jurors. Davies cited extensive publicity surrounding the case and Palin herself, who Davies said is a polarizing political figure.
But the exact nature of what Kernell's defense team wanted to ask potential jurors will remain a secret. Davies asked and Shirley agreed to seal his proposed questionnaire.
One can hardly blame the defense team from trying to keep the rabid Palin followers as far away from this kid as possible.
I know the proposed questionnaire was sealed but I imagine some of the questions went a little like this:
'What feature do you find most important in a potential leader of the free world?
a) A comprehensive understanding of world affairs?
b) A powerful intellect capable of solving complicated problems?
c) The ability to look stunning in a pair of Naughty Monkey pumps?
When you hear a speech by Sarah Palin do you:
A) Want to get away from the sound as quickly as possible and put Bactine on your ear drums?
B) Bang your head furiously against a solid object in an effort to make sense of the word salad swirling in your brain?
C) Want to raid you children's college funds and send her all of the money?
Do you believe that Sarah Palin's parenting style is most like:
a) A loving rustic style reminiscent of the Walton's?
b) Challenging due to the demands of Sarah's job and the lack of support from her drunken snowmachine fixated husband. (She could so do better!)
c) Akin to a puppy mill where children are born to a variety of mothers and kept locked in the Wasilla home until photographers need them for props.
Oh yeah these are just a few of the questions that would ask if I were trying to find a fair, and hopefully sane, jury pool.
By the way it looks like this trial will be held on October 27. Stay tuned!
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Just think of the juicy emails that kid may have read. He may know details about housegate, troopergate, babygate and others.
ReplyDeleteSarah thinking her emails were private and secure may have left some real good reading material.
It would be bad to see this kid get a jury full of Palinbots
Even if there ARE any Palinbots on the jury, at least the e-mails would be revealed to the world, and the kid could appeal if the verdict doesn't go his way.
ReplyDeleteIf the trial is to be held in Tennessee then you can bet the farm the majority will be Sarah fans. Sorry to all those normal and rational folks who live in Tenn., no offence intended toward you, but I consider you to be the exception not the rule.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the JUDGE is a Palinbot. At any rate, it is good grounds for an appeal, should things go poorly.
ReplyDeleteI DEARLY hope the kid doesn't take some kind of plea bargain that will keep those emails under seal forever.
OMG, first a Google ad about XINO and then one promoting Dianetics, complete with Thetan nuking volcano. The algorithm must be detecting the HUGE amount of crazy being discussed here. Poor Alaska.
ReplyDeleteA jury full of Sarah supporters will be pushing the judge to impose the death penalty on the poor kid..
ReplyDeleteRead some of the comments at C4Pee about what they want to do to Levi for his VF article
Guys, the kid doesnt know anything. He took a few screen caps that were in the e-mail, downloaded a few photos, and posted the password on 4chan.
ReplyDeleteAbout 15 minutes later, the account was locked. No one knows. He actually hacked an account no one knew about. Sarah had a few different e-mail accounts.
I live in Nashville, which is pretty much democratic. Out in Memphis, it is more so. But Knoxville on the other hand, God it is sooooo rethuglican't, it's what makes TN so very red. That and the rural areas in between.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people ask for a change of venue when being tried over in East TN.
I hope that they have a good, fair judge. There isn't many of them around here.
I forgot to add.........your questions and answers were great!
ReplyDeleteHow can the judge say no to that? Seems pretty fair to me. They questions the jury pool about their feelings on the death penalty during a murder case. Buddies of Maddoff probably wouldn't be allowed on the jury.
ReplyDeleteI was warned to put my coffee down before reading this. I did not listen. Now I have coffee all over my shirt. The best questionnaire. Ever.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Do you think that's where she is? Sitting in the courtroom watching?
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