It took jurors in Cleveland, Ohio, only a few minutes to acquit 19-year-old Demrick McCloud of the crimes of which he was accused.  McCloud was accused of being the ringleader of a group of teens that beat a high school student and threatened him with a gun.  He was arrested on October 13 and held in jail until trial, but now he’s a free man.  Not only did jurors acquit Demrick McCloud, three of the jurors want to pay him to get his GED.

I have to wonder just what is going on in this case.  I mean, for one thing, the jurors acquitted the man quickly despite the prosecutor having a witness that says, “Hey, that’s the guy that beat the crap out of me.”  Not only that, three of the jurors have decided to forefeit their jury payment of $100 a piece in order to encourage McCloud to get his GED.  That’s $300 to reverse-bribe someone to get an education!

Either these cats didn’t want to be on that jury, or they were blown away by the potential this kid has.

Tags: law and order, unusual court cases, jurors want to pay acquitted defendant, jurors to pay defendant to get his GED, jurors want to pay defendant to get GED,  jurors pay defendant, reverse bribery, Demrick McCloud

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