I sat on a jury that essentially went very south during deliberations. It was my first experience as a juror, and I did not do some things that I wished I had done.
If I could get a do-over I believe there could have been a mistrial for juror misconduct.
Having witnesses what took place during that deliberation, I question jury nullification. You get a few loose canons in there, and the situation gets corrupted very quickly.
I have no idea how often this sort of thing happens, because this is a secretive thing, jury deliberations.
The evidence didn’t matter. The jury foreman brought information in contemporary society into the jury room. None of the other jurors objected.
If Leftists wanted to, they could create havoc in our courts. I left that situation behind very unsettled about it.
Indeed. I have talked to many a juror “unsettled” by the process. I truly admire jurors who are thrown into a world the don’t understand and for which they have no experience and yet feel honor bound to do the best they can.