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7th November 2015
12:14pm GMT

Image: i100/ Kimberly Ellis Facebook
According to i100, the posts were spotted by one of Ellis’ Facebook friends – who was a former District Attorney’s Office prosecutor. They then alerted authorities to the running commentary happening online.
After Ellis was removed from the jury, there were only 11 jurors and no alternates, resulting in a mistrial.
When Ellis appeared before a Supreme Court Judge, she explained her actions as she ‘wasn’t thinking clearly’:
“Well, I sometimes — I suppose I forget it’s so public and it’s Facebook and it’s something that I use a lot, and I’m pretty quiet in my day-to-day dealings with people, so it’s just a way for me to, you know, express myself.”
The judge fined Ellis $1,000 for her actions, reminding her that she had wasted thousands of taxpayers’ money.
Apologising for her actions, the mum of two said:
“I failed to make the necessary changes in my daily life.
“I feel terrible. I never meant to hurt anyone. I wasted a lot of people’s time and money, and I deeply regret what I did."Explore more on these topics: