"Fox just announced that the first thing they did after leaving to deliberate, was to take votes on all counts. Only then did they read the jury instructions"
I'm not a legal eagle and have never been on a jury, but I think taking any vote before deliberating (or even allowing jurors to express a definite view toward guilty or not guilty) should be strictly forbidden in the judge's instructions to the jury. If the jury votes before any attempt is made toward deliberation (and especially if the vote is said to have been unanimous) then it's hard to believe that the jury proceeded to deliberate with any open mind to consider all the evidence.
That said, I'm amazed that they were out for an entire week if they all knew in the first minutes that everyone was ready to acquit on all charges. Does that mean they really did discuss all of the evidence seriously, or were they just enjoying the food and cameraderie??? Maybe they were working up drafts of their book manuscripts while in the presence of the evidence!!!
"taking any vote before deliberating ... should be strictly forbidden"
Obviously, this instruction would have to be given orally by the judge before sending them off, because this jury (we are told) voted on all the charges before they even bothered to read the jury instructions. I don't know if this is a widespread problem, but I find it disturbing in this case..... and the jury seems to be comprised of an exceptionally shallow, thoughtless group of people, from what we have learned thus far....
They said that they spent the rest of the time wading through the instructions. Now pardon me, but if the jury voted before they read the full instructions, that sounds a hell of a lot like jury misconduct to me.
None of the children testifying that Jackson molested them was given any credence at all.