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To: David Allen
You've got a decent shot at having 3 jurors who think well enough to buck the DA, if you make your case.

Let's say one juror refused to vote guilty-- would that be a not guilty verdict? If not, how many not guilty votes would be needed? At what point does it become a hung jury?

306 posted on 05/25/2006 7:31:58 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

In criminal matters:

12 votes to convict = conviction.

12 votes to acquit = acquital.

Anything in between is a hung jury.

[Unless you are in Florida and have a 6 person jury then 12 above becomes 6.]


309 posted on 05/25/2006 7:34:39 PM PDT by JLS
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To: Ken H

You only need one to hang up the criminal jury. You need at least 3 to tie up a civil jury. It takes only one to block conviction, but in a civil case, it takes at least 3 to block, and that's if the jurisdiction uses the 10 of 12 jurors required.

Given the reasonable doubt standard, finding one juror who will hang it up will not be a problem, unless they just happen to get all the jurors from the OJ trial.


316 posted on 05/25/2006 7:56:20 PM PDT by David Allen (the presumption of innocence - what a concept!)
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