Potential Martin Shkreli jurors: we can't be impartial over 'most hated man' in US

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Potential Martin Shkreli jurors: we can't be impartial over 'most hated man' in US

Associated Press
Monday 26 June 2017 23.08 BST

Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin “Pharma Bro” Shkreli were excused on Monday after telling the judge they couldn’t be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life-saving drug 5,000%.

At jury selection in a Brooklyn courtroom, US district judge Kiyo Matsumoto questioned the potential jurors at sidebars out of earshot from Shkreli.

One called him “the face of corporate greed”, another labeled him “the most hated man in America” and a third gestured as if wringing his neck.

Yet another was sent home after confiding that when she saw Shkreli sitting at the defense table, “I said in my head, ‘That’s a snake’.”

Opening statements could come as soon as Tuesday.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/26/martin-shkreli-trial-jury-selection-pharma-bro-daraprim

[ck4829]

1. Affluenza defense incoming: He's too rich and hated to be tried fairly

[smirkymonkey]

2. Most outrageous things pharma bro Martin Shkreli has ever said

Check this out. He's an even bigger D-bag than I thought he was. Trump will probably appoint him to a cabinet position any day now.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/most-outrageous-things-pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-has-ever-said/

"3. When Fortune.com looked into a claim Shkreli made in a December 2015 interview with HipHopDX, they found that he spoke erroneously. They published a list of more well-known, successful Albanians, including John Belushi and Mother Theresa.

"I'm the most successful Albanian to ever walk the face of this Earth," Shkreli said to HipHopDX."

4. In his December 2015 interview with HipHopDX, he was asked if he would ever share the Wu-Tang Clan album with anyone. He replied, "If Taylor Swift wants to come over and suck my d---, I'll play it for her."

more at link...

[kacekwl]

3. They may have to go

to Amish country to find a jury that may not hate him.

[Gothmog]

4. The jurors were being honest