We DID see both sexes on Dr Drew with 2 completely different outlooks. Men and women consistently have different views on this story since there are few "facts" included. IMO a woman's intuition yells a little louder in a woman's ear, where men (not meaning to stereotype - exactly) are more apt to go by facts only.
I do believe there are differences in the man/woman perceptions in this case, but believe there are enough facts for both to conclude guilt.
Everytime I have been a juror I went strictly by the facts in evidence and applied the law we were given. I found it refreshing that the men did too.
It saves time in the deliberation room too.
Sometimes women can go off on a tangent and want to discuss irrelevant matters that are not in evidence and it slows down the process at times.
Just give me the facts.........thats all jurors are to base their verdict on anyway.
The one thing that does scare me about some women though is they can believe something the defendant said that was never substantiated by evidence. Simply a "she said" with the victim dead unable to speak.
That happened in the Winkler case with way too many women on the jury. Not one shred of evidence was put forth that her husband ever abused her yet the women believed it while the men went by the facts entered and did not. I wish there had been more men on that jury but they were some of the most naive jurors Ive seen in cases. They didnt even know they could hang a case and thought they had to come to a verdict by the end of the day even though the Foreman said clearly they did not understand the jury instructions.
It can also happen if one of the female jurors has suffered from abuse herself......The old 'if she "says" she was abused because I was abused then I will believe it' kind of mind set even if there is no evidence to prove it.
Not me though and I am an abuse survivor both in my childhood and with my first husband. I dont believe one word that is coming out of JAs mouth. In fact I think the state expert is going to say that JA fits the profile of a DV abuser and TA does not.
Now some women jurors can have abuse in their lives and will have disdain for the defendant who killed someone claiming they were abused when the juror sits there knowing they also suffered abuse and never harmed anyone. So it can be dicey with females who are more complex than males, imo.
IMO