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Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your lawyers know quite a bit about the jurors, including economic status. You scale your bribes to the general income range.

C'mon, man... this is bribery 101.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

I flunked out of crime school and never got past remedial bribery.