Posted on 12/12/2021 5:12:04 AM PST by karpov
Dayonte Resiles killed Jill Halliburton Su by stabbing her to death and leaving her lifeless body in a bathtub in her Davie home — on that much, jurors could agree.
But they couldn’t agree on a murder charge, according to the jury forewoman, because three members refused to sign off on a verdict that would send a young Black man to prison for the rest of his life. For a short time, the nine who wanted a first-degree murder conviction were willing to budge. A manslaughter conviction would send Resiles to prison for 15 years, not for life. All 12 jurors signed off on manslaughter late Tuesday.
But that, according to the forewoman, would not have been justice. Not for her. Not for the defendant. Not for the victim. “What have I done?” she thought.
In an interview Thursday night, the forewoman, who asked not to be identified by name, shed light on what happened in the deliberation room in the days leading up to the hung jury and mistrial, describing a cauldron of anger, mistrust, betrayal and, underscoring it all, accusations of racial and anti-police bias.
It came to a head Tuesday night, when the manslaughter verdict was read, and the forewoman was faced with the usually-routine question of whether she agreed with the group’s decision.
Only a few seconds passed, but the forewoman’s mind was racing. She thought of the victim and the family left behind. She felt the eyes of the judge and the prosecutor and the victim’s husband boring into her. She was torn between her agreement with her fellow jurors and her firm belief that the prosecution proved Resiles guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Whatever else anyone says, she’s a brave, brave woman.
Is Su Asian?
Jury nullification has a long history and a proper role.
Properly used, nullification can be used to overturn unjust laws, because the jury decides that violation of that law should not be regarded as a crime deserving punishment.
In this case, those jurors declared that a black man murdering a white woman should not be punished. The white community needs to take note of what lives among them.
100%
This is also why white people should not spend time in big cities.
The left has convinced many black people that they are victims, ill done by and that their skin color justifies crimes and advancement without work or accomplishment. It has forged them into a weapon striking out to destroy our society but doing maximum damage to themselves.
What punishment would fit the crimes of the left conceived of by sociopaths and carried out by bitter, self absorbed zealots? IMO they should be thrust beyond the pale in enclaves where they can carry out their attacks on each other and the rest of us can carry out the task of repairing our Nation. It would be fitting that the criminals they have created be isolated with them in leftist paradise.
Well, he is a Black who only murdered a White Woman in her own home. Big deal.
Much worse are the January 6th insurrectionists who took selfies near the capitol.
Now THAT is a real crime and should be punished with life in prison, in solitary confinement just as they are now.
///sarc off.
They are clearly the useful idiots that communists use to gain power.
That's it then, murder 1, case closed.. The only thing left to question would be his sanity..
Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
And kudos to the forewoman for doing the right thing. I cannot imagine how much hate she must have received from the eleven others when they returned to the jury room after she told the court that it was not her verdict. She had the right perspective. Justice was more important than making friends. Shame on the racists on the jury.
Black privilege.
“manslaughter” ?
See my post above
And people wonder why White Flight is a thing.
I have jury duty Wednesday.
*fingers crossed*
Seems to be a lot of news articles about juries these days. Perhaps the enemedia is trying to get their favorite political commies to outlaw juries because raciss, or something.
No justice, no peace!
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