Funny Business

There's nothing inappropriate about a juror attending a celebration for the guy she recently helped acquit that's being thrown by the accused's family, is there? There is? Hey, that doesn't mean she was biased in his favor, though, does it? It does:

Among the approximately 400 people who arrived at the Chumash Indian Casino was juror Pauline Coccoz. When she walked into the casino and heard Jackson's music playing, Coccoz said, the enormity of what had transpired hit her.

"They were playing 'Beat It,' and I almost started to cry," she said as she waited to enter the showroom.

I vote death penalty for both of them.