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Attempts are being made to overturn a death penalty because "two jurors had personal contact and a social association with the victim’s family." This is a little too vague for me to make a call as to whether the verdict should be overturned or not. If the contact and association was that the victim's father and the foreman were lodge brothers who played poker with each other every Saturday night since they graduated high-school 40 years ago - then the verdict should be overturned. If the contact and association was the victim's great uncle and juror number 7 playing high-school basketball against one another 40 years ago - then the verdict should not be overturned In between, of course, things might be a little bit grayer.

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