Curious: How Many Here Have Actually Served On A Jury ?

[inthewind21]

47. Me too

And I told them such, very loudly, with a coffee pot in my hand! I will sit here 6 months if I have to, I CANNOT and WILL NOT vote guilty and convict a 42 year old to life w/no parole when we're not even sure who those remains are. That is when the Bailiff came in and took us ALL outside so I could smoke and calm down before I hit someone with said coffee pot. The excuses were disturbing, he has tattoos" (so do I) he's an admitted drug user (so was I at one time) he's scary looking, he's not dressed like a decent citizen and on and on and on.

What I think most fail to get is, the job of a juror is NOT to decide if they they personally "think" the defendant did it or not, it is to decide did the state prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt with evidence presented. In this case, they did not. The Medical Examiner could not testify with certainty because they did no DNA testing on the remains before they released them to the family for cremation. You can't tell me with certainty the remains found are in fact the person you are saying was murdered, I have no other choice but to return a not guilty verdict. Apparently no one listened to those instructions but me and 3 others.