ARKANSAS : Whitewater ‘Juror’ Admits Her Hoax
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A woman who represented herself as a Whitewater juror and said her pretrial suspicions influenced her vote admitted that she never sat on the jury--she just had the same name as a panel member. Janice Greer’s allegations had caused an outcry among defense lawyers, who suggested it could be grounds for reversal of the convictions of Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and James B. and Susan McDougal. The McDougals were President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s former business partners. Greer, who was not on the jury, said she was tired of calls from the media and decided to play along.
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