Posted on 01/03/2022 12:58:23 PM PST by Red Badger
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Jurors in Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial told federal Judge Edward Davila on Monday that they can’t reach a unanimous verdict on three counts.
Davila gave them a so-called Allen charge, telling them to try harder.
The jury has been deliberating for about 46 hours over the course of seven days.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The 12 jurors tasked with deciding the fate of Elizabeth Holmes told federal Judge Edward Davila on Monday morning that they’re unable to come to a unanimous verdict on three of the charges facing the Theranos founder.
Davila responded by calling the jurors into the courtroom and giving them a so-called Allen charge, an order for a deadlocked jury to continue deliberations. Should jurors fail to come an agreement, they could still reach a partial verdict on the remaining counts.
Holmes arrived at the San Jose, California, courthouse on Monday alongside her parents and her partner, Billy Evans. It’s her first appearance in the courtroom since Dec. 23, the last time the jury indicated it had a note for Davila. Holmes is staying at a hotel across the street and only shows up in the courtroom now when a notice is posted for the judge.
The jury has been deliberating for about 46 hours over seven days. They were handed the case on Dec. 17, following a three-month trial that featured 32 witnesses, mostly called by the prosecution. Holmes, 37, was the primary witness in her defense.
Davila read jury instruction No. 2 to the jurors on Monday. The instruction reminds them that Holmes is innocent until proven guilty and that the burden of proof is on the government.
It’s just the third time that jurors have produced a note for Davila. The first was on Dec. 21, when they asked if they could take instructions home for review. Davila declined the request, and said all deliberations must take place on-site. Two days later, they asked to listen to audio that they’d previously heard during the trial of Holmes and her conversations with some investors in the failed blood-testing company.
Jurors last convened on Wednesday. Having not arrived at a verdict at that point, they took the rest of the week off for the New Year’s holiday.
Holmes, who is charged with nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. She has pleaded not guilty.
After Davila sent the jury back into deliberations, Holmes walked over to her family seated in the next row back. She embraced Evans and her mom, and her dad then kissed her on the forehead.
I hope this entitled fraud spends eternity in jail.
This is insane, this woman is an utter and completely fraud... I don’t know what charge they are deadlocked on, she has 11 charges against her.
However she better go away for at least 25-35 years, minimal.
Had it been Biden, Biden would have stripped down and taken a shower with his daughter.
As long as it is guilty on the other 8....
Did she get pregnant to get sympathy from the jury? Some men won’t want to convict a pregnant woman?
Its just another female centric narrative where they get convictions and sentences than their male counterparts.
Sounds like a couple of the jury room boys like girls with crazy eyes.
Chicks crying works! Ghislane should have tired it at her trial. I bet she would have had only half as many counts of conviction if she had.
No question. Just like Roxie Hart's (fake) pregnancy in "Chicago"!
I’m curious....did she change her voice back to normal for the crying? She’s always intentionally talked deeply for some reason. Some people thought she did that because it made her sound so unique or something. I’ve watched a couple of shows about her....she’s as guilty as the day is long.
Is this the woman/company that snookered some VIPs? Was General MadDog on the board? I should look it up.
They are probably wimping out on the ones involving conspiracy - the ones with heavy sentences...
The Feds must not have gotten their cut. I know that Feds don’t give a damn about fraud, as long as they get their cut. Don’t give them their cut and they come down on you with both feet. The biggest criminal enterprise ever known to man kind is the Democrat Party.
Yep...outrageous claims. She bilked almost a billion dollars out of investors...She used the fame and notoriety of some of them to encourage the throng of others that followed..
“Is this the woman/company that snookered some VIPs? Was General MadDog on the board? I should look it up.”
Maybe, can’t remember. But she did have George Schultz on the board. Shultz is something like 90 years old didn’t come close to doing his oversight role.
Unfortunately for Holmes, Shultz’s grandson, who worked there (I think), is much younger, and didn’t mind blowing whistles...which made him one of the two insiders to finally bring her down.
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