BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge dismisses foreman from Peterson jury Matt Lubniewski at 1:53 PM ET
[JURIST] Juror No.5, the foreman, has been dismissed from the jury in the Scott Peterson case. This is the second juror to be dismissed in the past two days. The Modesto Beerecently reported that the foreman, who is both a doctor and an attorney, looked "distraught, his face flushed and hair disheveled" in the courtroom on Tuesday.
2:03 PM ET - An AP story on the dismissal of the jury foreman is now available.
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