Foreperson: 3 jurors unwilling to convict Resiles based on race, leading to mistrial

[Dial H For Hero]

https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/foreperson-3-jurors-unwilling-to-convict-resiles-based-on-race-leading-to-mistrial/

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The foreperson of the jury in the murder trial of Dayonte Resiles said three jurors were unwilling to convict Resiles based on his race.

The foreperson discussed on Friday the most recent twist in the trial that ended Wednesday with the hung jury.

“[The three jurors] said, ‘I don’t want to send a young Black male to jail for the rest of their life or have him get the death sentence,'” said the foreperson.

Resiles faces life in prison and possibly the death penalty for the murder of Jill Su, a 59-year-old Davie woman who was killed in her home back in September of 2014.

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[Calista241]

1. Preferential treatment based on race is still racism.

I don't know much about this case, but prosecutors don't typically let an accused murderer go free because of a mistrial.

[jimfields33]

2. I can't believe how brazenly racist the foreperson is.

[Dial H For Hero]

4. How so? Per the story, the three jurors who refused to convict the suspect of murder

because of the color of his skin appear to be the racist ones.

[Solomon]

10. Bingo.

The foreperson is an ass.

[iemanja]

8. Why take the statement at face value?

The foreperson says it's based on race. That could be in her mind.
It may not be the case.

[LoisB]

3. This is so wrong. I don't care what his ethnicity is, he killed a woman whilein the commission of a

felony.

[progree]

5. Rec'd for visibility only /nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Here's a more clearly written article about it.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-resiles-juror-speaks-20211210-xkayqv3zwzemfcr6mn2cfeetma-story.html

The jury compromised on manslaughter, and then the forewoman said she didn't agree with it when the judge asked her.

It came to a head Tuesday night, when the manslaughter verdict was read, and the forewoman was faced with the usually-routine question of whether she agreed with the group’s decision.

Only a few seconds passed, but the forewoman’s mind was racing. She thought of the victim and the family left behind. She felt the eyes of the judge and the prosecutor and the victim’s husband boring into her. She was torn between her agreement with her fellow jurors and her firm belief that the prosecution proved Resiles guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt.

“I just got a knot in the pit of my stomach. I looked at the defense table. They were just cheering and patting him on the back, like he graduated high school or made the winning touchdown at a football game,” she said. “I thought, what have I done? Is this the world I am creating for my children, a world where someone can get away with murder because of the color of their skin?”

Finally, she recalled the advice her husband gave her before the trial started: “Follow the law. Don’t cave.”

She was convinced Resiles did not commit manslaughter on Sept. 8, 2014 — he committed murder. Manslaughter was not her verdict.

“No,” she told the judge. She didn’t agree.

[Sunsky]

7. Hmmm

Is this the world I am creating for my children, a world where someone can get away with murder because of the color of their skin?”

Some of us already live in that world. Welcome. Is it ever acceptable? No, but don't act like that world does not exist.

Furthermore, this is the account of one person, let's hear what others have to say. This foreperson may not have been unbias herself.

[iemanja]

9. He's facing 50 additional charges

For escaping custody, obstruction of justice, and other charges. He won't be getting out anytime soon.

I might add that this might not have been a death penalty case if the defendant weren't black.