Ira Glass

You can ask the jury if they even saw it.

Mistrials are extremely rare.

The judge himself said he'd never called one before in his whole career.

Then the judge, it's not over.

He says he needs a break to go review the law.

And he kind of sweeps out of there.

I go back into the hallway and I see one of the defense attorneys.

And I'm like, dude, what is going on?

Like, is there going to be a mistrial because of her shirt?

And he's like, it's not the shirt.

The judge doesn't like the jury panel.

And I'm like, why?

And he's like, because they hate ICE.

and that the shirt is the MacGuffin in order to restart this whole thing and get a new jury pool to choose from.

I mean, that is pure speculation.

That is not what the judge said.

That's not the stated reason for calling a mistrial.

And later, that defense lawyer pulled it back.

He was like, I really don't know.

But it was a significant thing, how many people were against ICE over and over, and people saying they wouldn't be able to put their feelings aside over and over.