oceanblueeyes
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This is the USA, like it or not, a defendant is INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. Fortunately, it takes more than public opinion to convict someone of a crime. If CM is acquitted it will be interesting to see whether the same people who hate CM exhibit the same disdain for the actual perpetrator(s). So far everyone who has been mentioned as receiving business, financial, legal, etc. benefit from the disappearance of the family has been given a free pass. If a new POI is considered, following a hung jury, mistrial or acquittal, it will be interesting to observe whether the same venom will spewed toward them. Justice has rarely been properly served by a lynch mob mentality. Fortunately, there are 12 fair and impartial jurors deciding the fate of CM. jmvho
IUPG only applies to CMs jury before the first witness takes the stand. It can beginning to erode at anytime based on witness testimonies.
Im confused. So you think the state will have a completely new POI if its a hung jury? Based on what? Why? Who? Do you have another case where that has happened? Tia
Imo if it ends in a hung jury they will do like they always do when any hung jury trial happens, and will retry the defendant. Imo it will happen much quicker within months, and not years.
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