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Plot twist... There was £250k in the bag when it was dropped off.
I don’t see why she couldn’t take the money and get off the jury. It’s not like the briber is entitled to illegal money. At that point she could just make sure the money ends up where it needs to go.
I guess the fear of people with those resources coming after you.
How would she give it back tho?
That’s the implication.
She was already paid by people with the resources to do the thing, they gave her the money (whether she agreed to it or not or had any knowledge).
She can’t give it back. How could she? Handing it to the authorities sends the message she didn’t keep the payment.
If someone gave you that much money and said do this thing (commit a crime to protect other criminals) it would probably be super intimidating generally. What do you do?
I don't know. I saw similar situations recently in the Narcos series on Netflix. Innocent people were placed into situations in which they had to either (a) break the law for considerable compensation or (b) not break the law and suffer horrible consequences. I guess in that situation, the best you can do is to pack up as soon as possible and hide somewhere. There's really nothing else. If someone has the financial means and audacity to bribe a juror with $120k over a case with 70 defendants defrauding $250 million from the government, they likely have the means to order a hit on you and your family. It's a terrible situation to be in, and I would love to know how this has been handled in the past, how they are going to handle it now, and what the outcome will be.
There's no indication that this group attempting to bribe her are violent, and there was no explicit or implied violent "or else" threat, at least none mentioned in the AP and Star Tribune articles.
that's true. I might be hyper- vigilant or reactive to those kinds of things.
I think the act itself implies the threat. If they have those resources and are willing to brazenly break the law like that no actual threat is needed.
Even if they aren't violent and have no intention of being so the implication is there.
Because that money belongs to someone, presumably the party that was defrauded.
Since she dropped the money off with the police, the person who owns the money can come and claim it.
If nobody claims it within a certain period of time, then the money is officially hers to keep.
If someone does come and claim it, then they will probably get in a lot of legal trouble.
i.e. The money's about as good as the former juror's. She just needs to wait.
That's lost and found, this is criminal evidence. Police departments are very good at finding ways to keep money given to them. ;)
Good point!
She ain't getting that money back lol.
Source?
It’s needed as evidence in the attempting to bribe a juror case.
Because receiving a bribe is a crime, regardless of whether you do what you’re being bribed to do.
"I swear I only accepted it with every intention of giving it to kids who need food"
The cops put all $60k in the evidence vault