Only a couple of days into the double-murder trial of Stacey Ian Humphreys in Brunswick, a juror has been dismissed.
Authorities say one of three men on the jury flashed a thumbs-up sign to deputies as they were escorting the defendant. Typically, jurors are prevented from seeing defendants bound in handcuffs or chains because it might create the presumption of guilt.
Humphreys faces the death penalty if convicted of the murders of two real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003. The trial is in Brunswick because of pre-trial publicity in the metro-Atlanta area.
Authorities say one of three men on the jury flashed a thumbs-up sign to deputies as they were escorting the defendant. Typically, jurors are prevented from seeing defendants bound in handcuffs or chains because it might create the presumption of guilt.
Humphreys faces the death penalty if convicted of the murders of two real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003. The trial is in Brunswick because of pre-trial publicity in the metro-Atlanta area.
