Howdy WhoKnew,
You wrote:
>>W - you are strong, confident, intelligent and have been involved in sleuthing. How many on the jury are like you? I know he's guilty - but are there any jurors who can be swayed or intimidated because they don't have some (or any) of those attributes? I don't mean to say jurors are stupid, but the defense didn't even put on a defense!<<
First thanks for the complements, I am also mean as heck at times and especially when I see someone do someone else wrong.
As far as the jurors... Most people who would end up on a jury do not have the brainstorming practice that we do in cases such as this. We are used to turning pieces of a puzzle over and over in our head and saying, "easy fit..here we go." We are also hugely practiced in grouping the puzzle pieces so that they slide together far more quickly for us than they might for others. EVEN SO...we have been baffled at times.
So, this jury has the pieces to remember, oh yeah...wait, here is that piece...
As far as individual jurors, they are made up of all kinds of people. I'll stop with that. I'm not sure what we have on board in this jury, certainly not up close and personal. I know one thing, if there is anything less than a unanimous guilty verdict I'm not going to be happy with at least someone on the jury. Having said that, the jury doesn't have all the ammo we have, they haven't studied it like we have, they haven't handled it as long as we have -- so they don't have that advantage. They have others... Seeing and hearing what they have, I can't see any way around guilty. If they just need to feel real sure that they worked hard on this before they say "Guilty" that is okay with me, I don't want anyone to say "We moved to quickly and didn't think."