Detroit Strip Clubs: Jurors attack lone Black woman for holding out in Riddle case

February 19, 2010 at 5:25 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

Despite Cohns instructions, the jury foreman Matt LeFevre told reporters that the lone Black juror held out for acquittal. A woman who appears to be in her 30s, she is a flight attendant. Lefevre claimed she refused to deliberate at all, and said he wanted Riddle re-tried.
Another juror claimed she said sarcastically, Lets hang the Black man.
Instead, despite pressure from 11 jurors not of her race, which some jurors said included screaming fights, the flight attendant hung the jury.
She was not available for comment herself, but during the trial, she demonstrated cynicism about the governments case.
During testimony against Riddle by Joe Hall, a manager of the national Déjà Vu strip club chain, she requested to ask a question. Cohn at first refused, but on the following day he allowed jurors to send written questions to him. He then read three questions to Hall, one of which was, Have you ever danced in a strip club?

See the full article from “Michigan Citizen”

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