To all those complaining about this verdict and condemning the jury system, please understand that trial by jury is our principle bulwark against tyranny. Without it the State would roll over us like a steamroller, something which happens all too often in the criminal justice system as it is. What is your proposed solution? Is it to replace juries with panels of government appointed experts as in much of Europe? Sure there will be the occasional verdict that seems hard to understand but I’d rather have this than have the State be both prosecutor and jury.
“occasional” seems more like “frequent” these days.