Breaking: Jury Bullying Found in Holy Land Foundation Mistrial

This is HUGE stuff, folks! A lot of people were really scratching their heads when this jury and this trial ended up in a mistrial. Now, perhaps, the reasons are coming out. Write this man's name down: William Neal. More and more reports are coming out that his man from Dallas may have single-handedly steered this jury away from a conviction of Holy Land Foundation participants into the abyss of a mistrial. I ask the question: Who really is William Neal?

The article here at The Investigative Project on Terrorism simply must be read to get all of the details.

Again, for those of us who couldn't imagine how a Texas jury didn't find these puppets of Hamas guilty, the shades are being opened and the truth is coming out. I assure you, the Federal Government will have these terrorists back in court again. Soon.

EXCLUSIVE IPT INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS HLF JURY ROOM BULLYING
by Michael Fechter
IPT News Service
December 10, 2007

The terrorism-support trial of five Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) officials, which began July 24, already had been stressful for 49-year-old Kristina Williams. She had lost her job two weeks into it. Now during deliberations, she felt bullied and intimidated virtually every time she voiced an opinion.
"When I'd get off the jury I'd come home every night and basically cry because I felt like every time I spoke I would get knocked down, criticized, one way or the other for something pertaining to the way I voted," Williams said in an exclusive interview.
While several jurors favored acquittals, just one out of the 12 did most of the knocking down. In fact, interviews with three HLF jurors - speaking publicly for the first time - suggest that juror William Neal's stridency may have changed the trial's outcome. Neal even claimed credit for steering jurors away from convictions in a recent radio interview. Until now, he has been the sole source for public perception of the deliberations and the government's case.

The effect this had on the case is clear. When a juror walked out in frustration after just four days of deliberations, it followed a confrontation with Neal. When another juror briefly refused to cast a vote, it was after a confrontation with Neal. Williams broke down several times during the 19 days jurors spent locked in debate. Each incident followed what she felt was an attack by Neal.

Arguments for conviction met with immediate scorn and ridicule. At times, Neal raised his voice, cursed or otherwise belittled them for what they said. A handful of jurors called for an immediate break after he hollered "f*** your opinion" to a female juror.

Williams agreed that the juror named Gail just gave up at that moment. "She said ‘I'm just tired. I'm just ready for this to be over with.'"