Recalls one time when I was on Jury Duty and the defense had a female witness who said I know he did not do it because he was not there. A lib on the panel said he believed her because:
“Women never lie”.
The irony was the guy did not commit the crime and we voted to find him innocent albeit one lady was a hold out for six hours saying: “I know he is guilty because he looks guilty”.
After that experience of being foreman, I prayed I was never back on a jury.
Interesting, I had a similar experience while serving on a jury and came to the same conclusion as you.