My apologies, I admit I was sharing my personal understanding of the case without verifying all the particulars. All your points are completely valid and I agree, the foreman should absolutely have discretely disclosed that information and recused himself from jury duty. However, I still feel queasy about the whole…

So, interestly enough, I live in Nashville and one of my best friends had, for a few weeks before this new verdict was reached, been dating the original jury foreman.

I just fist pumped my way through this whole comments thread. So very much in agreement.

Finally created a Kinja account so I could star this. Yes. So much yes. So tired of men not understanding that my feminism is good for them too. Rigid gender definitions and the fear of otherness/the female grotesque is good for NO ONE.