Law.com – Judge Declines to Grant Mistrial After Juror Threatens Harm

This one pegs the weird-o-meter at a 9.8. My favorite part is this:

In denying the motion, Judge Patterson said the jury “will let us know if they feel that the atmosphere is such that there’s not communication in a rational manner.”

And this is after one juror threatens to cut off the finger of another juror and also saying: “I’ll have my husband take care of you.”

Maybe up in New York that is considered rational communication, but down here my State Court Judges would send you to the “blue-top inn” to consider alternate means of discourse.

For the non-locals, here is why we call it the “blue-top inn.”