[Political Junkie Too]

The defense is going to file an appeal that the hung juror should be replaced and deliberations should continue. The basis is the belief by the defense that the juror was unwilling to follow the Judge’s instructions.

I agree with you, with one caveat. The claim that he juror was not following the judge's instructions was a characterization by some of of the other jurors and the defense attorney. I belive the judge clarified this morning that the juror in question declared that he was following the instructions and that this was his deeply-held moral conviction.

That said, the solution can never be to replace the holdout juror. That's why we have twelve people and not one.

If a hold-out juror can be replaced with a more compliant one, then what is the point of having a trial if we can just replace jurors during deliberations unitl we get one that votes the way we want?

-PJ

[Vermont Lt]

I guess the Justice agreed with you. And she agreed really quickly. LOL

[dforest]

Get a load of this. This is the mentality of the media and those pink loonies. The DA responds:

https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2095956074897576273

[Jim Noble]

If a hold-out juror can be replaced with a more compliant one, then what is the point of having a trial if we can just replace jurors during deliberations unitl we get one that votes the way we want?

100% A+

BTTT.

In our system, "deliberation" does not mean a group of jurors beating on other jurors. The process contains some magic, which is how it's supposed to work.

I don't know if it should be kept or not, but it's an ancient part of our traditions.