Trial of Former TSU President Priscilla Slade Declared a Mistrial

Posted on October 12, 2007
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Well, it seems that the O.J. Jurors have come to roost in Houston.

I say it “seems” that way because most of us haven’t hear all the testimony, but the parts of the trial we did here, it was clear to most folks that there should have been a guilty verdict in the trial of former TSU President Priscilla Slade.

Priscilla Slade is on trial for allegedly mishandling about $500,000 of TSU’s money. According to prosecutors, Slade spent a lot of this money on her $1 million plus Custom Home and landscaping as well as a few other perks.

Slade has stated that these were part of her contract with TSU.

Some contract huhn?

Slade’s attorney has said the purchases, such as furniture, landscaping and a bar tab, were necessary and legitimate in her role to improve the image of the historically black university.

I’d like to hear how all those perks were necessary and legitimate to improve the image of TSU?!

The jury consisted of 6 women and 6 men. The jury was all over the place. It seems they couldn’t decide which day it was most of the time.

On Wednesday they said they were deadlocked 8 to 4. Thursday they were deadlocked 7 to 5 and today there were deadlocked 6 to 6. The jury foreman sent the judge a note that said ”we cannot arrive at a unanimous verdict without doing violence to our consciences“.

Wow, just in time for the Weekend!

The Judge should have kept these Jurors sequestered there until they came to an agreement. I imagine that would have happened before Saturday so they wouldn’t miss their weekend. Priorities, priorities.

At one point, the jury asked the Judge how long Slade would get in prison if convicted. The Judge told them not to worry about that.

This alone seems to indicate that some of the Jurors were more worried about the time should be get rather than whether or not she was guilty.

I haven’t seen the makeup of the Jury yet, but it’s going to be interesting to see.

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