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Originally posted by aabby757
I'm from Montgomery County and also live in Gaithersburg.
Which jury found which defendent not guilty when they should have found them guilty?
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Do you remember two summers ago when a husband and wife, Erika and Benjamin Sifrit were accused of robbing, murdering and dismembering a man and woman in Ocean City?
Erika Sifrit was tried in Frederick County and found guilty of first degree murder in one of the killings and second degree in the other; and received life plus 20 years in prison.
Her husband was tried in Montgomery County using the same evidence and was convicted of second degree murder for one killing and acquitted of the other. According to juror interviews after the trial, not enough of the second victim's body was ever found to prove conclusively if she was shot from the same gun as the first one. He received 38 years in prison.
To be honest, this is the only case I can really quote regarding the tendancies of Montgomery County jurors, but a friend who is a defense attorney in Rockville once said that practicing in MC makes his job "so easy that (he) feels guilty taking clients' money".