[newzjunkey]

Yes, you are missing something. In this case it had to be 12 for guilty or not guilty otherwise the jury is 'hung' which means either the prosecution can try to work out a deal, drop the charges or retry him.

[TankerKC]

OK. No, I get how it all works. I guess I misread cynicalman's position. Getting 12 people to agree on ANYTHING is what amazes me. The chance of having one idiot in a group of 12 is pretty high.

Thanks for the clarification.