Posted on 05/29/2024 9:16:15 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
One juror who sat for six weeks listening to the evidence presented in a Manhattan courtroom against former President Donald Trump reportedly appears sympathetic towards him.
The jury on Wednesday will begin to consider whether or not Trump, beyond a reasonable doubt, committed a crime of falsifying records to conceal a second crime. Many legal experts believe there is no good case against Trump.
Some legal experts, such as constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley, expect the jury will either render a guilty verdict or produce a hung jury that results in a mistrial.
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I have been on juries twice. In both instances, I was surprised at how a group of ordinary people could collectively arrive at a sound decision. If done properly, the jury system works reasonably well, most of the time.
A greedy juror sees 11 votes to convict and thinks, ka-ching, not guilty. The first communication will offer a small amount. If he asks for a reasonable amount, Soros and friends will pay.
A greedier juror would record evidence of this and take it to Trump, make even more.
Either way, he’s looking over his shoulder the rest of his life.
This is a unsequestered jury. Even the judge can’t suddenly change the jury from unsequestered to sequestered after the closing arguments. It seems observers in the court are saying 8 jurors definitely hate Trump, 1 juror likes Trump, and the other 3 jurors are hiding their biases.
Oh, the appeals have already begun. A whole host of them.
Nice judicial system. Judge shops around until he has 12 jurors who would convict regardless of the evidence.
This made me wonder--if this happens, can the lawyers bill the other jurors for their advice afterwards?
As a retired lawyer, my natural sympathies are with the “go ahead and bill” point of view, but that would not be allowed in those circumstances for lack of an attorney-client relationship.
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