Results: Juror Reports Receiving $120,000 Cash and Promise of More for Acquittal
Published on 06/06/2024
She was serving on a case involving seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/juror-says-someone-left-bag-120000-cash-promise-ll-acquit-rcna155332
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/juror-says-someone-left-bag-120000-cash-promise-ll-acquit-rcna155332

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A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. Have you ever served on a jury?

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These seven are the first of 70 defendants expected to go to trial in a conspiracy that cost taxpayers $250 million. Eighteen others have pleaded guilty, and authorities said they recovered about $50 million in one of the nation's largest pandemic-related fraud cases. Prosecutors say just a fraction of the money went to feed low-income kids, while the rest was spent on luxury cars, jewelry, travel and property. The 23-year-old juror said she immediately turned over the bag of cash to police. She said a woman left it with her father-in-law Sunday with the message that she'd get another bag of cash if she voted to acquit, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. If you were this juror, do you think you would have kept the money? Share your thoughts in the comments section! Yes
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