A 79-year-old woman set to be tried on charges that she fatally shot her 85-year-old ex-beau is being deprived of her constitutional right to a fair trial, her attorney said.
The reason? Because the potential jurors are not old enough for her to be judged by a jury of her peers.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Lawyering at its finest
Can someone be too old to get a fair trial?
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Good luck with that, counselor.
Not enough badass grannies in Atlanta, I guess.
Well the jurors haven't murdered anyone either, but I'm not sure that has anything to do with it. Quite frankly, I might guess that the age thing would work for her, if at all.
I would think so too. It's hard to convict someone's grandma of murder.
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