In the profoundly stupid category.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that the juror who told the Stevens trial judge that her father had died and that she needed to attend his funeral in California lied.  She really left to attend the Breeder's Cup.

"'I just wanted to go to the Breeder's Cup,' she told reporters after a hearing the judge held to find out why she left town and lost contact with him, forcing him to replace her as a juror just hours before the jury found Stevens guilty."

The judge said "I'm convinced you were not able to deliberate" and let her off the hook.