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Timec, I am not certain of the exact instructions given to this jury. On the juries I have served on the instructions have been not to discuss or conduct your own investigation. That does not preclude one from being able to review their notes at home or develop a time line based on notes. As a matter of fact notes are permitted and should be taken by jurors especially in such a complex case. Juries during deliberation can discuss their notes amongst each other. It would not be a violation for a jury to develop and use a timeline if they feel it helps them to reach a verdict. Of course this would have to be based solely on the evidence presented during the trial. Now had the juror gone out and gathered their own evidence and developed a timeline based on that or other evidence that was not presented during the trial it would be in violation. Now as to the dismissed juror. Not only was it reported to the judge that he had made statements that regardless of the evidence or...
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