During the OJ trial I remember them saying that if the jury returns quickly that usually means acquittal. Guilty on

[JohnSJ]

all counts.

[SoFlaBro]

1. OJ trial was 4 hours. This was over 12 and rock solid fucking evidence and testimony.

[Ocelot II]

2. Nope. The George Floyd jury convicted the day after the end of the trial.

[JohnSJ]

4. Very true,

[obamanut2012]

3. This wasn't quickly

This is not that.

[JohnSJ]

5. GUILTY. !!! Finally he is being held accountable. I am glad I was wrong. All charges guilty

[Orrex]

6. Last year I was on a jury that convicted a murderer in 11 minutes

We only took that long because we didn’t want create the impression that we failed to deliberate.

And the evidence against him was no stronger than the evidence against Trump.

[BruceWane]

7. Not in this case

An acquittal requires all 12 jurors to vote "not guilty"

A guilty verdict requires all 12 jurors to vote "guilty".

A hung jury means a unanimous vote could not be reached.

Due to the evidence presented, all expert analysis has been that the best outcome Trump could hope for is a hung jury. If that was a possibility, the jury would take far longer to deliberate as it is their primary duty to reach a verdict.

The relatively short jury deliberation points to a likely guilty verdict.

[Rocknation]

8. What -- the jury is ready to announce a verdict???

Apparently so...

As for quick deliberations, that can go either way. I knew that OJ's jury would acquit quickly if only to avenge their nine months of incarceration. And based on the questions the jury sent out to the court during the Harvey Weinstein trial, I suspected that there was negotiating to acquit him of the top charge in exchange for convicting him of the lesser ones.

ON EDIT (Seven minutes later): Not even I was expecting guilty on ALL counts.


Rocknation

[JohnSJ]

9. Looks like your assessment is accurate