Governor Dismissed From Jury Deliberations
A judge dismissed Gov. Craig Benson from the jury in a sexual-assault case after the governor learned, through a question from a reporter, that a defense lawyer was trying to remove him from the panel.
“This stinks,” Benson told reporters at the Statehouse afterward. “I wanted to finish.”
Benson, a high-tech chief executive turned freshman governor, had been deliberating the case at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood.
The judge said deliberations would start up again with an alternate juror.
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