I think you are correct, in that I think this was a runaway jury. A not to bright, but ideologically motivated jury, actively led to the verdict by a self aggrandizing WaPro reporter, convicted someone who might have very well been guilty, but convicted him because they wanted to "get" Cheney.
The jury comments after the trial are just bizarre.
But what that juror SAID was that they really DIDN'T want to convict him, but he was guilty so they did anyway.
Nothing he said suggested that they convicted him because they wanted to "get" Cheney.