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An interesting twist in Tornado Cash Roman Storm He appeared after one juror allegedly asked off to attend his mother’s birthday party.
4th August shares Inner City Press update From the courtroom, revealing that the juror, identified as “Mrs. Nelson”, applied for a break from the meeting of August 5.
The juror reportedly explained that she had to attend her mother’s day birthday party, which included a pedicure.
While the other jurors allegedly agreed to her request, US district judge Katherine Polk Failla quickly hit and refused the proposal.
According to Judge Failla, he stated:
“I can tell them that I have a convict later this week and that other jurors have conflicts. And we want them to sit for some part of every day. I think the pedicure must go. And I’m so sorry I don’t want it.”
As a result, the Inner City report noted that the jury agreed to adjust its time schedule and continues its discussions with a revised schedule from 8:30 to 12:00 instead of the usual end of 16:00.
The judge stated:
“[The jurors] It was designed tomorrow until 12:30, then from the following days to 15:45, Friday to 13:00 ”
The juror’s application provoked mixed reactions from legal experts and within the Krypto community.
Legal analyst James Murphy, known as Metawman, he stressed The irony of the situation notes that the storm is facing the possibilities of decades in prison for creating an unchanging intelligent contractual code, while one of his jurors is looking for a free time to celebrate his birthday and pedicure.
In the meantime, there were also concerns about how this could affect the outcome of the proceedings.
Aragon CEO Anthony Leutenegger warned that denial of the juror’s request can lead to frustration and potentially influence her decision in the case of Storm.
He established:
“She didn’t allow her to influence her judgment because she could urinate. Can you imagine this level of subjective decision -making about someone’s life?”
Storm faces charges of conspiracy for committing money, violations of sanctions and operating unlicensed business with the transfer of money.
If he was convicted, he could face up to 45 years in prison for his alleged role in helping hackers and cyber criminals to empty over $ 1 billion using privacy tools. Tornado Cash.
