Rodriguez defence seeks new trial over alleged juror misconduct

6 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30

Lawyers say Juror 14 was arrested three days after the April 10 verdict over an Everett home invasion stabbing that injured a 45-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter.
The defence wants an evidentiary hearing into the juror's mental state during deliberations; sheriff's officials confirmed the April 13 attack but not that the suspect served on the jury.
Kevin Rodriguez, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder and assault in the 2019 killing of Evodio Garcia Martinez after a retrial; he is due to be sentenced on 13 May.

How can a verdict stand when a juror re-enacts the very crime from the trial?

Can our jury system screen out jurors who are themselves on the brink of violence?