lauriej
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"We did our first vote and it came out half to acquit, half to convict," says the juror. "And we talked about it for a while, going through the evidence. I'd say that some people got intense, but there were no personal attacks, no real yelling. And we talked for a while, then it was 11-1 to acquit. And the guy who didn't want to acquit basically looked at us and said, 'O.K., whatever you all want.' He knew he wasn't going to convince us."
---"he" didn't need to convince "them"---if they could NOT agree-----"he" could have stuck to his guns and caused a hung jury.
..apparently he wasn't aware of this---didn't the jury foreman inform him of the way it works ???? NO???? (shocker.)
"And then we sat there for a few minutes and were like, 'Holy crap, we are letting her go free,' " he continues. "Everyone was just stunned at what we were about to do. [One of the women jurors] asked me, 'Are you okay with this?' and I said, 'Hell, no. But what else can we do? We promised to follow the law.' "
---again, they've said that the jury instructions said that they had to be unanimous--"per the law"----12 for Guilt---12 for Not Guilty
---OR---NOT 12 for either you idiots!!!!--it's called a mistrial!
Nearly two months later, would the juror change his vote? "I've learned a lot more about the case by reading the documents," he says.
---maybe this juror would have "learned a lot more" by askng to have the testimony read back....read THOSE documents while deliberating--
-----and not going over them NOW----while in the comfort of his pinellas county home........when it's way too late.
"We did our first vote and it came out half to acquit, half to convict," says the juror. "And we talked about it for a while, going through the evidence. I'd say that some people got intense, but there were no personal attacks, no real yelling. And we talked for a while, then it was 11-1 to acquit. And the guy who didn't want to acquit basically looked at us and said, 'O.K., whatever you all want.' He knew he wasn't going to convince us."
---"he" didn't need to convince "them"---if they could NOT agree-----"he" could have stuck to his guns and caused a hung jury.
..apparently he wasn't aware of this---didn't the jury foreman inform him of the way it works ???? NO???? (shocker.)
"And then we sat there for a few minutes and were like, 'Holy crap, we are letting her go free,' " he continues. "Everyone was just stunned at what we were about to do. [One of the women jurors] asked me, 'Are you okay with this?' and I said, 'Hell, no. But what else can we do? We promised to follow the law.' "
---again, they've said that the jury instructions said that they had to be unanimous--"per the law"----12 for Guilt---12 for Not Guilty
---OR---NOT 12 for either you idiots!!!!--it's called a mistrial!
Nearly two months later, would the juror change his vote? "I've learned a lot more about the case by reading the documents," he says.
---maybe this juror would have "learned a lot more" by askng to have the testimony read back....read THOSE documents while deliberating--
-----and not going over them NOW----while in the comfort of his pinellas county home........when it's way too late.