[Red Steel]

Anyone with any smarts knew 2nd degree Murder was gone from the get go. They are looking at the nuances of manslaughter, I'm sticking with hung jury on the manslaughter charge.

A good scenario:

5 of the jury members understand the main elements to convict for manslaughter, which the state has not even come close to meeting unless the facts are being twisted in the jury room. The one hold out for manslaughter needs to be convinced that the other 5 jury members are correct, but wants to hear from authority outside the jury room for clarification.

[Parley Baer]

“The one hold out for manslaughter needs to be convinced that the other 5 jury members are correct, but wants to hear from authority outside the jury room for clarification.”

That is exactly what happened in a trial I was on. One juror wanted further convincing. A big lib woman by the way who was all into feelings. When asked questions to back up her thoughts she could not. She came around to our side but took some doing by the other women on the jury. I kept my mouth shut and let the other women do the talking.

[evangmlw]

A reasonable and very possible scenerio.

[moehoward]

“A good scenario:

5 of the jury members understand the main elements to convict for manslaughter, “
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I’d bet the farm on just that. There’s always one PITA at every party.