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When the jury took longer than expected to reach a verdict, I really found myself thinking "This POS is not gonna get the death penalty".

Unfortunately, I was right. I wouldn't have minded being proven wrong. Not one bit.

"When the jury took longer than expected to reach a verdict, I really found myself thinking "This POS is not gonna get the death penalty"."

I knew they were taking too long. I bet it was 11 to 1 for death. That is the only way it could have taken so long. If 3 or more jurors had been for life, they would have ended it after a few hours. If two, maybe a couple of days. The only way they could have taken it so long is if there had been one holdout and they thought there was a realistic chance of turning him or her.

We had a case like that in my jurisdiction once. A guy lied about his willingness to give the death penalty and got on a capital jury. The jury was out several days (which is very much an exception around here) because the other 11 jurors could not believe the holdout would not back down. Little did they know he was a plant from the outset. There is no appeal from a jury verdict by the State, so we had to live with it. I would not be a bit surprised if that happened here.