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Originally Posted by gfejunkie
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so what's the penalty for lying on a jury form? very little probably. however it doesn't automatically rule out a mistrial as the trial judge claims. seems the .. wait for it .. jury is out on that.
at the least it is grounds to appeal the conviction, it will be heard. now what the ruling on it is .. we'll have to see. the article below does note that certain courts have different views.
what is in favor of Roger Stone is that the judge denied motions to strike jurors during voir dire when concerns were raised about bias. i'm not a lawyer but i recall hearing in the past that each side had a certain number of "automatic" strikes they can use. and it appears there is. it's called a Peremptory challenge but even that is disputed in various courts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peremptory_challenge
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/09/jn
regardless, Stone's legal team can appeal in general and in specific about the jury selection during voir dire so he has at least two potential grounds to challenge the verdict.