VERDICT , MISTRIAL ON ONE COUNT, GUILTY ON 2ND DEGREE COUNTS 2-5 GUILTY

[Yo_Mama]

67. Given the convictions on the other charges

I think it's quite likely that they all voted to convict him of murder - but varied on the murder count. Most likely it was split between 1 & 2 on the murder charge, with some not able to find beyond-a-doubt premeditation necessary for murder 1.

Castigating these people as racists is not fair, and demanding that those on the jury who believed it was murder 1 bargain down to murder 2 is even more unfair.

Basically, you are saying that you would have preferred that some convict of a lesser charge when they were convinced that he was guilty of the greater crime, and I don't agree with you under the circumstances. Juries will do that when they have only one charge to consider, because otherwise the guy might get out on bail, which they don't want if they are convinced he is a murderer. But in this case, all it means is a retrial.

I think the allegation of such extreme racism carried to the point where one would not convict for an obvious murder is a very serious claim and should not be leveled without proof.