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I think that may have changed recently/ be about to be changed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-56338217 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66255058

I've been thinking about that. I'm in a completely different part of the country but I wonder if it's getting even more coverage on the local news in Manchester/the North West where the jury pool will be drawn from. If it's giving them pause for thought it could be contributing to the lengthy...

That said, the police prompting for a specific person could be perceived as leading.

I was thinking about this as I've been reading "Paralyzing Summer" about a series of poisonings at a hospital in Michigan in the 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Hospital_murders The attached screenshot notes the issue of witness testimony migrating over time to favour the prosecution.

This is a bit of a distinction without a difference, but in court the full names of the babies are used so for the jury it won't be alphabetical. I imagine they're working off the indictment, going in order: break the ice, elect a foreperson and work out a plan of attack; then they ask for a...

The thing is according to the clinical biochemist it was spotted: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23149016.recap-lucy-letby-trial-friday-november-25/ I would be very interested to know who took that call and what happened with that information. It's particularly baffling that they...

It doesn't necessarily work that way. More hours doesn't necessarily equate to a faster decision.

They were told in relation to the insulin question that they can't receive any information not already in evidence, so maybe they've taken that to heart?

There were two co-accused in that case who were acquitted on multiple charges, so that might have been what kept the jury bogged down for a while: https://news.sky.com/story/maids-moreton-trial-ben-field-guilty-of-murdering-lover-11780937

Yes, there's recent very significant Supreme Court case law on this in R v Jogee and Ruddock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Jogee https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2015-0015-press-summary.pdf https://www.25bedfordrow.com/cms/document/Jogee_and_Ruddock_Article.pdf...

Just some general information that might be useful: https://www.defence-barrister.co.uk/crown-court-trial-verdict

It's an odd suggestion as individually most, if not all, of the cases are extremely weak IMO.

Who would have thought that the Bukhari verdict would come back first when they went away for that two week break?

I was going to log in to say what Tortoise and WaxLyrical have said. I wonder if it's to do with the discharged juror and something unavoidable they may have had next week. The other jurors presumed that it would be accommodated, so booked their own appointments around it, and then it wasn't...

And there are plenty of details to obsess over in this case, compared to that in the film!