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C Moon

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4. I was the lead juror on a multiple child rape case a few years ago...
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 11:12 AM
Jun 2017

Nobody wanted to be lead, so I took it to move things along. The case involved someone with "ties" so everyone was a little on edge about their safety.
When we got to the back room, most of the jurors sat down and said, "Guilty! Okay, let's go home." ...and laughed.
Me and another guy were the two who held out. We knew the scum was guilty, but we thought it fair to break down and discuss each charge. We spent a day and a half deliberating (which I think shocked the judge and prosecutor), but we finally found him guilty on 7 of the 8 charges. The 1 charge that had us stuck seemed very unclear, so we agreed.

What I'm saying is, it's not a bad thing when the jury takes a long time to deliberate—and is even deadlocked: it may mean there are one or more jurors who want to think through the charges, and not just get out of there and go home.

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