“I don’t think you have the attention...
“I don’t think you have the attention of the jury anymore. . . . It is boring. There are a lot of aspects that put me to sleep.”
--Superior Court Judge William R. Pounders, worrying about the possibility of a mistrial in the McMartin Pre-School molestation trial because the proceedings have lasted so long, leaving only two of the original six alternate jurors.
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