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'I hate him': Martin Shkreli court transcript reveals struggle for impartial jurors
Source: The Guardian
'I hate him': Martin Shkreli court transcript reveals struggle for impartial jurors
In choosing a jury for entrepreneur’s fraud trial, the court dealt with anger over his treatment of the Wu-Tang Clan and concerns that he looked like ‘a snake’
Dominic Rushe in New York
Thursday 17 August 2017 16.42 BST
Don’t disrespect the Wu-Tang Clan – not if you want a fair trial. The transcripts for jury interviews from the trial of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who became “America’s most hated man”, are out – and they show that finding 12 good men (and women) was no easy task.
Shkreli was convicted of fraud earlier this month after deceiving investors in two failed hedge funds. But the perpetually smirking “pharma bro” is best known for hiking the price of a drug used by people with Aids by 5,000% and for buying the only copy of a 2014 Wu-Tang Clan album, then refusing to let people listen to the whole thing.
Over three days in June, the Brooklyn court struggled to find jurors who could give Shkreli a fair trial. Here’s a selection of the replies from the ones that got away. The transcripts were first published by Harper’s.
The court: “The purpose of jury selection is to ensure fairness and impartiality in this case. If you think that you could not be fair and impartial, it is your duty to tell me. All right. Juror No 1.”
Juror No 1: “I’m aware of the defendant and I hate him.”
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In choosing a jury for entrepreneur’s fraud trial, the court dealt with anger over his treatment of the Wu-Tang Clan and concerns that he looked like ‘a snake’
Dominic Rushe in New York
Thursday 17 August 2017 16.42 BST
Don’t disrespect the Wu-Tang Clan – not if you want a fair trial. The transcripts for jury interviews from the trial of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who became “America’s most hated man”, are out – and they show that finding 12 good men (and women) was no easy task.
Shkreli was convicted of fraud earlier this month after deceiving investors in two failed hedge funds. But the perpetually smirking “pharma bro” is best known for hiking the price of a drug used by people with Aids by 5,000% and for buying the only copy of a 2014 Wu-Tang Clan album, then refusing to let people listen to the whole thing.
Over three days in June, the Brooklyn court struggled to find jurors who could give Shkreli a fair trial. Here’s a selection of the replies from the ones that got away. The transcripts were first published by Harper’s.
The court: “The purpose of jury selection is to ensure fairness and impartiality in this case. If you think that you could not be fair and impartial, it is your duty to tell me. All right. Juror No 1.”
Juror No 1: “I’m aware of the defendant and I hate him.”
-snip-
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/martin-shkreli-trial-jurors-wu-tang-clan
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