Juror helps convict woman — then leaves holding hands with the woman’s son

By at 31 May, 2009, 10:50 am

Meloney Lee Jackson was arrested for murdering her husband in March 2008, A Baker County jury took about two hours May 16 to find Jackson, 41, guilty of first-degree murder. They rejected her claim that she shot Kevin Jackson, 47, in self-defense at their Glen St. Mary home the day before their divorce was to be final. Amanda Daniels of Macclenny was one of the jurors. Five to 10 minutes after the verdict, she returned to the courtroom and left holding hands with Jackson’s son, James Wallace, Turns out they’d dated in 2003 and “met back up” after Meloney Lee Jackson was arrested for

murder, reports the Jacksonville Times Union . ” ‘There was a girl on the jury that my son broke her heart and now today, she has broken his heart,’ ” Jackson said, according to the memo. Now Circuit Judge James Nilon has a legal dilemna. He could order a new trial, admonish or hold Daniels in contempt of court or determine no action is necessary. Jackson hasn’t been sentenced but faces a mandatory life sentence. She remains at the Baker County jail. More FloriDUH

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