From the Tampa Tribune regarding the Max Hardcore trial: “For it seems that while a panel of Little’s peers deliberated his fate, the jury room morphed into a boardroom.
Jurors declined to elaborate on their decision to convict Little, noting they had decided to pursue a book deal about the case.
Or put another way, while the jury was supposed to be objectively pondering whether a man will spend many years in prison, they were entering into a potential business relationship the success of which could be determined by the outcome of the trial.”