I’m trying my best to not think back to the Parkland Shooter’s trial, where one juror holding out meant that the perp escaped the death penalty; a result that was devastating to all the family of the many victims in Parkland.
I’m thinking the same here, but instead of a juror not willing to commit to something as extreme as the death penalty, it’s somebody who finds what Tecia did to be so insane and so ridiculous that they can’t see anything other than her being mentally ill. Hopefully we’re all wrong and the jury are just being mega thorough and not wanting to rush such a decision but it’s still shocking to me that this hasn’t been the slam dunk, in and out so many people expected it to be.
Edited to add a positive note: Evidence against Darrell Brooks was extremely overwhelming (and the defence obviously horrendous) but that trial still took the jurors into the next court day to submit their decision. So there’s precedent that provides hope as well as precedent that provides gloom. Have a safe and peaceful weekend everybody, justice is coming.