Earlier yesterday, the jury left the Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn to visit Cambridge, where they viewed the Kirkland Annex, Dunster Street, and the route to Lowell House at Harvard.
The jurors were shown the room in the basement of Kirkland’s J-entryway where Cosby was allegedly shot.While approaching the gate to the Kirkland Annex, one juror reported that he spotted the` headline of yesterday’s Crimson, “Defense Says Jiggetts Pulled Trigger” in a newsrack located by the gate.
Jurors are not generally permitted to be exposed to information about the caseoutside of what is presented in the courtroom.
Prior to reconvening the trial yesterday, both the prosecution and defense discussed the matter with the judge and juror, resolving to disregard the incident, although the juror’s statement will remain in the case file.
—Julie Zauzmer contributed to the reporting for this story.
—Staff writer Xi Yu can be reached at xyu@college.harvard.edu.