Jury seated for the Malheur Refuge takeover trial - #BundyTeaParty

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KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: September 9, 2016, 5:02 pm
Updated: September 9, 2016, 5:19 pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A jury has been seated for the case against 7 defendants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover.

Media reports indicated the jury is made up of 8 men and 4 women. Eight alternates were also chosen for the case that may last until Thanksgiving. All 20 will be sworn in on Tuesday ...

http://koin.com/2016/09/09/jury-seated-for-the-malheur-refuge-takeover-trial/

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1. Jury selected for standoff trial; opening statements begin Tuesday

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on September 09, 2016 at 5:42 PM
updated September 09, 2016 at 6:04 PM

... Most of them had little prior knowledge about the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, according to statements they made in court ...

Of the eight, four are from the Tri-county metropolitan Portland region. Three are from the Eugene/Springfield area, and others live in St. Helens, Klamath Falls, Baker City and Hood River ...

"I live in a world of art,'' she said." I couldn't care what goes in the the rest of the world'' ...

A Eugene mother of four and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, .. suggested "it might be good for my children,'' if she had to be away for nine weeks ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/09/jury_selected_for_oregon_stand.html

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2. Jury In Place and Opening Arguments Tuesday

By Colin Miner
September 9, 2016 7:52 pm ET

... The trial is expected to last nine weeks.

http://patch.com/oregon/portland/oregon-standoff-trial-jury-place-opening-arguments-will-be-tuesday

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3. It seems fair to say that these folks'

armed insurrection of a bird sanctuary was ill-conceived.

There are more colorful descriptions we could use for their failed crusade, most of them richly justified.

No matter the outcome of the trial, I think I will remember these guys as armed-to-the-teeth galoots begging for French vanilla coffee creamer.

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4. Jury Selected For Refuge Occupation Trial

By EDITOR • 1 HOUR AGO

... Brown asked the juror’s about their exposure to the case from the media.

One potential juror, a student at Portland Community College, said he had “no idea” about the case.

“This is the first juror who has no idea,” Brown said, smiling and throwing her hands up off her desk.

“I think it would be a great experience,” the student said ...

http://ijpr.org/post/jury-selected-refuge-occupation-trial

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5. '3-ring circus' Bundy trial set to open

Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Friday, September 9, 2016

... This week, Judge Anna Brown said that U.S. Marshals have stepped up security at the courthouse.

"The reality of the situation is this judicial officer has been threatened," Brown said, according to media reports. "Our lives have been threatened" ...

... defendants representing themselves ... adds a significant amount of uncertainty to how a trial plays out, said Kevin Sali, a Portland-based criminal defense attorney ...

Multiple former federal prosecutors who have worked in the West — and who would only comment anonymously because they didn't want to be seen second-guessing the prosecution's legal strategy — said obtaining a guilty verdict in these types of cases has been historically difficult because jurors often share the Western, independent, anti-federal-government views of the defendants ...

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060042599

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6. K&R!

Thanks for posting!