Berrybell
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It would mine if it were brought into the trial. Maybe not so much Junk who it seems has been less than stellar for years, but him giving a gun to a deputy who then killed a man with it would give me pause about his ethics.
But a Sheriff's Deputy with a history of lying would absolutely taint my decision if she was heavily involved in the investigation of the crime. If she worked on the investigation how would I, as a juror, know if she was telling the truth on the stand about what she found out?
As for Reader, in view of all the casinos here, I do know about compulsive gambling. I meet a lot of employees of casinos in my profession. I have heard stories of women and men engaging in sex in the parking lot of casinos for 10 dollars just to walk back inside and play it in a machine. People who will snatch money out of the hands of other players in full view of security, steal tickets from machines, spend hours collecting as little as a 1 cent ticket in order to get enough to make 1 dollar to play in the machines, beg other players for money to play with and sell drugs in the bathrooms for money to play, and other things they would not otherwise do because they have a gambling problem. From what I understand if security sees this kind of behavior they permanently ban the person from ever entering the casino again, but I don't know about the policies of all casinos as each casino is governed by the policy of the tribe that owns it.
So with my knowledge of what compulsive gamblers will do to get money to play with, yes, I believe if Reader has a gambling problem, he would take confiscated drug money to play with. Would he also take bribes not to investigate someone? That would definitely be in my mind. But would jurors in Ohio know as much as I do about compulsive gambling? Would there be someone who is a compulsive gambler on the jury? Or someone who lives with one? IDK But IMO his behavior could be a factor.
JMO
Very well said!!!