LaBarre Jurors, We Thank You
June 30, 2008
The citizens of Rockingham County and the state of New Hampshire owe a true debt of gratitude to the men and women who served on the Sheila LaBarre jury.
These jurors were forced to put their lives on hold, go to court for six weeks, listen to gruesome testimony day after day, and then make the extremely difficult determination of whether a woman who admitted murdering two men was insane or criminally responsible for her actions.
Their careful and thoughtful deliberations sent a murderess to jail, probably for life. Most of us will never bear such a solemn civic responsibility, but these jurors handled it with grace, care and, most importantly, deliberate fairness.
And they did it all for the sum of $20 a day and 20 cents per mile in transportation reimbursement.
Read the full editorial on Seacoast Online.
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