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Newsday Interviews Alternate Jurors in Jeffrey Conroy Trial

Posted April 14, 2010 by Ted Hesson
Categories: Hate Watch

Earlier this afternoon, Pat Young posted a link to an AP article with quotes from several of the four alternate jurors in the Jeffrey Conroy trial who were dismissed today.

Newsday’s Kathleen Kerr also interviewed those jurors. Click here for Newsday’s full story and breaking news from the courthouse (password needed):

Here’s what the alternates had to say:

Alternate juror Judith Hallock, as she was leaving the courthouse after her dismissal, said of Conroy’s testimony: “I did not believe it.”

Conroy took the stand in his own defense last week and pinned the blame for Lucero’s stabbing on another teenager who was there that night.

Hallock said, “I would have voted for guilty definitely on the manslaughter charge, not certain about the murder.”

Cathy Tidmarsh, 54, another alternate juror, said she believed Conroy guilty of all charges. His testimony last week did not change her mind, she said.

“My feeling was he was guilty on all charges,” Tidmarsh said outside the courtroom after she was excused. “I was leaning strongly toward the murder charge.”

Alternate juror Cosmos Hionidis voiced certainty in his opinion of the charges against Conroy.

“I would have definitely said manslaughter,” Hionidis of Commack, said after he was dismissed. “I don’t think it was a murder case.”

Hionidis also said Conroy “would have been better off not going on the stand.”

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