Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Legal Notes from all over (well, two places...)
1) In Waco, a capital murder jury began deliberating on Monday after several days of testimony in the re-trial of a case that first resulted in a conviction nearly three decades ago. According to Waco Trib reporter Tommy Witherspoon (in a tweet), the jury sent out a question to the judge: "How many jurors does it take to reach a unanimous verdict?" Sigh.
Judge Matt Johnson informed them that it would take all of them to make a unanimous decision...
2) Coming up later this week (on Friday), I will be speaking at a great white collar crime symposium at Wayne State in Detroit, convened by Judge Avern Cohn. You can see the lineup for that one here.
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The jurors must have been familiar with the council of Nicea. 2366 bishops showed up. Constantine sent 2048 home because he didn't like their theology. That left the council with a total of 318 bishops. 313 of those voted for the Nicean Creed....and theologians call this a unanimous decision. Yep, that must be where the voters got their definition of "unanimous."
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