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This man is ignrant.

I was on the jury for two month long trials. In both cases, when the plaintiff was done I thought the defendant was toast. In both cases after hearing the defendant side, the jury, including me, found for the defendant.

You don’t form an opinion until you hear both sides. The only exception is if the prosecution case is so poor you don’t need to present a defense.

My assumption going into this was that she was going to sound very believable and sincere. Duh.

I was on a civil jury in a trial where the defense barely even presented a case. Hardly any facts were in question. The trial was condensed to less than two days because 95% of the disputed facts were resolved through pre-trial motions. I was really surprised the case even went to trial. I could see from the docket number that it have been filed THREE YEARS earlier, and I knew from my own experience that there had probably been many settlement offers from the insurance company representing the defendant (it was an auto accident).

I saw the whole thing as a sham from the start. I envisioned a scenario where I would be the only one in the jury room who felt that way and I'd be arguing against five other jurors. So I decided to wait until everyone else gave their input before I said a word ... and it was 5-0 in favor of the defense by the time they got to me.

We were in the jury room for no more than 20 minutes. When the verdict was rendered I thought the plaintiff's attorney -- a good attorney who presented the case well but had no facts on her client's side -- was going to faint and fall off her chair. LOL.