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To: wbill
I've only followed the case peripherally, but my $0.02? Guilty.

That is also my unsupported opinion ... but that's different from ruling on the presented evidence. I don't know what I would have done on the jury, because I haven't paid enough attention.

136 posted on 07/06/2011 8:20:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
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To: Tax-chick
"I don't know what I would have done on the jury, because I haven't paid enough attention."

No matter what you thought of the evidence, you would have been under great pressure to agree with the majority of the jury. A relative of mine once sat on a jury hearing a serious felony case that went on for several weeks. Once deliberations began he found that he was in the minority. Most of the jurors didn't want to discuss the complicated case; they just wanted to deliver a verdict as quickly as possible and go home. As I recall, it was a Friday and no one wanted to return on Monday. The majority applied intense pressure and eventually abuse and threats on the handful of holdouts, who after several hours just gave up and agreed. Result: a rapist walked free and my relative removed his name form the voter rolls lest he ever be placed in that kind of situation again.

Don't sing to me the praises of "the system".

142 posted on 07/06/2011 8:39:48 AM PDT by jboot
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