Wesley Snipes on Larry King Live

Wesley Snipes was on Larry King Live tonight to discuss his trial and pending entrance to prison.
A couple of things of interest were mentioned.

1. A few jurors decided before the trial that he was guilty. I already knew about this but what I did not know was that, as a whole, the jury voted not guilty on failing to file because they believed he would not be sent to prison.

2. In the last few minutes of the show, it was said that that during jury selection, the prosecutor told the blacks the wrong day to come back but gave all the other jurors the correct date.

As it relates to item 1, the fact that some jurors decided before the trial that he was guilty means he did not get a fair trial and therefore his conviction is void. Furthermore, the fact that the jury's vote of guilty was based in part on their belief that he would not be sent to prison not only further shows that he did not get a fair trial, it also shows that they jury did not fully understand their role or authority.

As it relates to item 2, if this statement is true, it shows gross prosecutorial misconduct which was apparently ignored by the judge who also ignored the biased jury.

Anyway, he has a number of issues he can and is taking to the Supreme Court. Even if they rule against him, he'll be out well before the 3 years are up.