IT WAS A SLAM DUNK!, that's why.
Believe it or not, I've seen 'em come back in twenty minutes. Just enough time to pick a chair and elect a foreman, then all look at each other and say, "Uh-huh."
I've never served on a jury (never voir dired, never got out of the jury assembly room), but my husband is a popular juror. He's served on six or seven juries in the Atlanta metro area - usually elected foreman. He had one criminal trial where they did exactly that - chose a foreman and spent five minutes figuring out how to fill in the verdict form. Of course the guy was incredibly guilty - robbed a convenience store, tried to run over a policeman in the parking lot, high speed chase, wrecked the car, found unconscious in the driver's seat with the money in a bag beside him. It's like "Why did you bother?" Probably to stay out on bail.
The judge should not have allowed the jumping in the boat. This will mean Scott gets an appeal