Sudoku justice
Posted by Dan on Jun 11th, 2008
2008
Jun 11
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
AFTER 105 witnesses and three months of evidence, a drug trial costing $1 million was aborted yesterday when it emerged that jurors had been playing Sudoku since the trial’s second week.
In the District Court in Sydney, Judge Peter Zahra discharged the jury after hearing evidence from two accused men, one of their solicitors and the jury forewoman, who admitted that she and four other jurors had been diverting themselves in the jury box by playing the popular numbers game.
Will sudokuholism be the latest excuse to avoid jury duty?