“only 1 holdout seems very strange”
Not to me. My opinion on that is one person didn’t want to let what they believed was a murderer go free so the best they could do was hang the jury.
That’s exactly what I would have done.
After listening to all the evidence, the arguments of the State and the defense, and being instructed in the law by the judge, right?
I’m not surprised someone held out. I’m surprised it’s only 1. I would have expected a split with some voting to acquit by reason of insanity, some voting to convict on manslaughter and some voting to convict on first degree murder. The 11:1 is very strange.
If I were the one holding out for a guilty verdict, my jaw would have dropped at the first vote, when I found out that I was the only sane person in the room.
After that, I would have had so much contempt and disgust for the other jurors, I would have requested to take my meals separately from them.
Also, the jury should have been sequestered. But if it truly was 11-1 for acquittal, that may not have made a difference.