As sentencing day moves closer for Martha Stewart, she's pinning more and more of her hopes to avoid prison on the theme that the jury was unfairly stacked against her before she was convicted of obstruction and conspiracy.

A judge is still weighing the allegations, but her some of her fans have already seemed to reach their verdict, according to emails to the home economics diva posted to her trial web site:

Dear Martha,

It is disturbing to read about more allegations of misconduct by the jury that convicted you. After being relentlessly pursued by the government and the press, you deserved to be judged by a fair and honest jury.

To support you and your company, I decided to subscribe to Everyday Food. I have found it to be a lively, informative publication, with something in it to please all members of my family.

I am glad that you are continuing to stay strong and productive during this trying period. I do believe that despite all the setbacks you will ultimately prevail.

Sincerely,
Caroline Zane

If nothing else, Martha's lawyers are in the process of savaging Juror Chappell Hartridge in a way they could never do to the primary witness against her at trial - Douglas Faneuil.

Hartridge doesn't sound like the kind of guy many people would want to make godfather to their children. "Troubled" would be a generous way to characterize some of the incidents he's being accused of by Robert Morvillo, Martha's chief lawyer. But Morvillo has to prove to a judge that not only was he entitled to a basic voir dire (search for the truth) during jury selection, he was entitled to give each potential juror a complete background check.

Bet you can't wait for your next jury duty notice now, can you?