"We do not know the split in vote prior to the juror being released / alt joined the jury. But it was not unanimous nor was the ill juror the dividing juror. It would not have continued on ending 17 hours total."
The facts are completely the opposite of what you say here.
1 You say "We do not know the split in vote prior to the juror being released" and that's not true. We do know, and what we know is there was no split, because there was no vote before that juror left.
2 "But it was not unanimous" ...Again, an assertion that is completely untrue. It was neither unanimous nor non-unanimous, because there was no vote being taken, just discussions of the evidence.
3 "It would not have continued on ending 17 hours total" ...Again, an assertion that is pure and utter nonsense. The jury discussed the evidence, then changed jurors and left overnight, then came back and with a new juror, had to restart the discussion of evidence. When they finally took a vote much later that day, they only did it once and it was unanimous for guilty. After which, they went over the evidence again to make sure they weren't missing anything, and that all the pieces fit together like they felt it did when they voted. Then it was over.
The facts are completely the opposite of what you say here.
1 You say "We do not know the split in vote prior to the juror being released" and that's not true. We do know, and what we know is there was no split, because there was no vote before that juror left.
2 "But it was not unanimous" ...Again, an assertion that is completely untrue. It was neither unanimous nor non-unanimous, because there was no vote being taken, just discussions of the evidence.
3 "It would not have continued on ending 17 hours total" ...Again, an assertion that is pure and utter nonsense. The jury discussed the evidence, then changed jurors and left overnight, then came back and with a new juror, had to restart the discussion of evidence. When they finally took a vote much later that day, they only did it once and it was unanimous for guilty. After which, they went over the evidence again to make sure they weren't missing anything, and that all the pieces fit together like they felt it did when they voted. Then it was over.