To: jpl
I think Nifong would be just as happy with a hung jury.
16 posted on
11/16/2006 10:56:28 AM PST by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
To: pepperhead
Yep. Then he could use that worn out cop out... "At least I tried."
17 posted on
11/16/2006 12:05:37 PM PST by
Sue Perkick
(The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment..John MacArthur)
To: pepperhead
I think Nifong would be just as happy with a hung jury. He'd be much better off with a hung jury than with a conviction. If a conviction gets overturned on appeal, Nifong will be forced to admit that he never had a valid case (since the overturning court will basically say the case was not valid). If Nifong gets a hung jury and declines to retry the case, he can claim that at least some jurors thought there was a sound case, and there will be no way the defendants can appeal the hung jury and get a judicial declaration that there should have been a directed verdict.
60 posted on
11/17/2006 4:47:20 PM PST by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: pepperhead
"I think Nifong would be just as happy with a hung jury."
You have to actually have a trial for that to happen. What happened to the defendants right to a speedy trial?
145 posted on
11/28/2006 12:04:47 PM PST by
wmileo
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