Some expert above opined that the CW could "get a conviction" in a retrial. This not much of a declaration: A whole bunch of posters and followers, here on WS and elsewhere, would agree that a simple DUI would be a slam dunk more or less. And if the posted version of the juror votes are correct, it appears they were fumbling around to convict KR of something, anything, and at least to some extent, that was due to the influence of a hostile set of observers seated directly opposite the jurors at trial. Obviously those people thought that staging a united front during closing arguments would influence the jurors in some fashion; and at least one juror indicated they felt intimidated. I believe the majority were fishing around amongst the lesser included charges under Vehicular Manslaughter for something that would stick while the minority, as it applies to that charge, were voting NG which by the structure of the document, eliminated all the lesser included. MOO not surprising they found themselves deadlocked.
If the CW reruns all this with a charge of DUI only, all the pundits and judicial players that have lied, abused the legal system, espoused their view without basis or without complete comprehension...will claim a victory. It will be a Pyrrhic victory, in terms of fiscal responsibility and credibility and integrity for at least the adjudicants, but they will claim it nevertheless.
Unless, of course, the State DOJ, the Fed DOJ and the FBI have both the evidence and the political capital to ensure the whole legal and investigatory structure we have seen to be so deviant, is dismembered. What the local version of justice and law enforcement will look like after that count of shoes have dropped...Simply impossible to say, but its gonna be different for sure.
MOO and with respect to all those who have been diligently following this FUBAR exercise all the way to this point.
