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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: NuevaVida

My parents always made it clear that if we did something like that (yanno, kill someone or something equally as bad), they would be the first to turn us in.

What this mother did was completely unethical and irresponsible, on all fronts.

Did your parents tell you what they would do if they thought you were innocent and a jury found you guilty anyway?

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No, I don't think it's fair, or right, or legal.

Assuming it all transpired as she claims, what laws were broken?

If no law was broken, it's legal.

She's the mother of the defendant and she chums up with a juror under a false identity and records his drunken ramblings without his permission hoping to get something to feed to the defense counsel. 

Obstruction of justice maybe?  Tampering with a jury? 

On edit:  I misread.  Apparantly it was AFTER the trial.  But still....she gets the guy drunk and tries to elicit shit from him to help get the son off and records it without his permission.

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As for stalking, well, perhaps could be there near the beginning.

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Awfully hard to claim someone's stalking you when you're drinking and smoking pot with them.

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As a former police officer (military and civilian) with near 20 years, agreed as earlier stated: once the verdict was handed down, there were no tamperings or improprieties on the mothers part in what she did with regard to a juror AFTER the verdict was handed down. As for stalking, well, perhaps could be there near the beginning. Most states stalking laws a first offense will be a misdemeaner UPON conviction, however a second ARREST for stalking makes it a Felony if there is a prior conviction on record. As for tape recording a conversation: as long as you are an active participant within said conversation, then you are perfectly legal in doing so WITHOUT the permission of other participants or their knowledge of it being recorded. BUT YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE CONVERSATION, simply can not stand near and say nothing and record everything said, doing that, yes, does make it illegal.   

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While casing his apartment, "his cat sat in the window," she said.

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As a former police officer (military and civilian) with near 20 years, agreed as earlier stated: once the verdict was handed down, there were no tamperings or improprieties on the mothers part in what she did with regard to a juror AFTER the verdict was handed down. As for stalking, well, perhaps could be there near the beginning. Most states stalking laws a first offense will be a misdemeaner UPON conviction, however a second ARREST for stalking makes it a Felony if there is a prior conviction on record. As for tape recording a conversation: as long as you are an active participant within said conversation, then you are perfectly legal in doing so WITHOUT the permission of other participants or their knowledge of it being recorded. BUT YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE CONVERSATION, simply can not stand near and say nothing and record everything said, doing that, yes, does make it illegal.   

Since this is your field of expertise, what do you think the authorities will say about her use of an illegal substance in her efforts to get the dirt on this juror?  As came4U pointed out, law enforcement does engage in these same tactics, but they are obviously exempted from being prosecuted for possession/distribution of illegal substances.  Personally, I think she should have stuck with legal drugs like alcohol, but then again, that does leave an opening for the juror's comments to be inadmissable since he was intoxicated.   
 
I don't know if her son was guilty or innocent, but he won't be getting out of prison any time soon.