[HerrBlucher]

Quick verdicts usually mean guilty.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Quick verdicts usually mean guilty.

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The OJ jury came back after 2 hours..they requested that the limo driver testimony be read back, he was the star witness..and the jury acquitted the butcher of brentwood..so a quick verdict does not mean anything..clearly the OJ jury was toying with the prosecution, making them think they had convicted him when in reality, some raised the “Black power” salute when they got into the room..a quick verdict doesn’t necessarily mean guilty.

[CharacterCounts]

Quick verdicts usually mean guilty.

A long, long time ago, I sat on a jury on a criminal case. When we were sent back to the jury room and picked a foreman in about 2 minutes. He suggested we each write our verdict on a piece of paper so we could get an idea of where we stood (that took about 1 minute). All 12 jurors voted not guilty. We didn't want to let both sides know we had a verdict in 3 minutes, so we waited an hour to lunch and delivered the verdict in the afternoon.

[mrsixpack36]

I disagree. When you have someones life in the balance, you tend to take more time as these jurors have (3 days or so).

[SallyH]

“Quick verdicts usually mean guilty.”

To the contrary. Quick verdicts usually indicate NOT guilty. When the verdict is guilty, a great deal of time is usually spent in fixing the punishment.