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THE JOY WOOMER TRIAL
Posted on January 28th, 2010 9 commentsWHO WERE THE JURORS?
Hi Becky, Just curious if you know the make-up of the jurors in the Joy Woomer case. Names, ages, occupations, etc. I asked this question before but thought you may have missed my request. I would think this would be able to be made public. Will be awaiting your reply.
This question came in as a comment several days ago and I apologize for being so late in getting back to you.
I do know that there were seven men and five women. I do not know their names, ages or occupations. I do know that at least two of the women were quite young and they both had to go back to college the week after the trial. This came from several very reliable sources who did not hesitate to tell this information to many people. In fact, one was due that Monday, even though it was Martin Luther King Day, and the other was due on Tuesday.
Their names absolutely can be made public, however, the only way I know to obtain them is to either be in court for the jury selection itself, or order the transcript of the jury selection (that is separate and above the price of ordering the transcript of the trial). It is public information and I suppose if you knew the bailiffs in the case you could ask them. I honestly don’t know if they would tell you – but once again – it is public information and it should be in a free society.
In this case, I was not present during jury selection so I do not know any of their names. It would be extremely interesting to contact the juror who cried during the verdict and was extremely upset. I was also told by a very reliable source that one of the jurors, against the Judge’s orders, told family members early into the trial that he was leaning toward Woomer being guilty.
I believe something very strange had to go on in that jury deliberation room. As I have stated here before, the members of the press – many of whom attended more of the trial than I did – and two members of the public who attended when there was room for them in the courtroom - were all taken aback and shocked by the verdict - as was I.
Another question that arose in the comments was whether Woomer had ever been to the Weaver house prior to the night of Brent’s death. She did testify she had been there for about an hour prior to that night to meet him and learn some of his routine. I will carefully check my notes this weekend and publish her testimony regarding this.
If anyone has information about any of the jurors they would like to share, please send me an email and I will keep all information anonymous.
9 responses to “THE JOY WOOMER TRIAL”
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abbylynn January 28th, 2010 at 18:05
Don’t forget the one in the middle back sleeping for 2 days,she was young.
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Abby, agreed and she might have been one of the ones due at college. I don’t know. My problem with the sleeping is the same thing happened in the Roseboro trial and apparently nothing was done about it. I will try to contact some lawyers for their take on this. I don’t know if it’s cause for appeal - if the Judge should have said anything - or what should have happened. I know during the Roseboro trial I published here that the Judge should have a talk with the juror - and it seems to me if he/she continues to fall asleep - they should be replaced. That’s why there are alternates.
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And for those who are curious - there was one minority on the jury - and it was the young Black woman that many said repeatedly fell asleep.
In the Roseboro trial, it was one of the young men involved in the “Facebook” appeal of the conviction.
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Anonymous January 29th, 2010 at 06:35
and how about the juor who at the end of the second day raised his hand and asked the judge “are we still on track”. Think he had weekend plans?
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i certainly do not think juror’s names should be public knowledge. Can you smell revenge? No matter what the verdict, there will always be 50% angered by the verdict. I mean obviously the courts know who they are and if there is a problem, they can contact them or whatever. But really, it’s none of the public’s business to be so nosey to know who was on the jury.
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Matt, it is a basic tenet of our Democracy. Public trials - public names of jurors. It’s not a question of being “nosy.” If you recall the Lancaster Newspapers repeatedly printed the names of the two jurors in the Roseboro trial involved in the Facebook appeal.
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Moon Dust January 29th, 2010 at 09:48
LNP today.
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/248029I still think the verdict was wrong. This was probably the one that was sleeping.
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cinnamon January 29th, 2010 at 10:31
Does anyone know if Joy took a lie detector test too ? If it was me, I would have taken one just for my own conscience. This case is so sad ! Things still just don’t add up ! Ashworth is a very strict judge. I believe he will throw the book at her. Hopefully someday the real truth will come out. This is a very hard case !I still have doubts that Joy did this.
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I hope if I am ever on a jury…even if the list is public knowledge…my name would not be posted on a public message board to be “beat up” on.
Scary stuff…
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