UPDATED: Mistrial is declared in sexual-assault trial of entertainer Bill Cosby

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31. I was a jury forman on an OUI case in MA a few years ago

The defendant was a fat cat banker that had been arrested on the highway. He had a good attorney and we guessed that some wvidence must have been ruled as inadmissible.

The assistant DA handled the prosecution and did it poorly in my opinion. The arresting and booking officers both testified and we felt like she should have asked the officers some soecfic questions that would have given us (the jury) more details.

I wont write a novel about it but will say that i think we all felt that he was guilty yet the proceedings and evidence that was allowed in thr trial did not give us the ability to easily render a guilty verdict.

W had one real right wing women who was quite adamant about it and another very sweet women who was her mothers caregiver and didn't want to "ruin the defendents life" by voting guilty. As the day wore on I tried my best to cover the details of the trial and spur discussion. After lunch we were still hung so i asked if we could ask tbe judge for a more complete explanation of what the burdon of proof for operating under the influence in MA is and then it was back to the deliberation room. As the day neared the end that one lone women was the only not guilty vote. it was clear to all of us that despite our efforts to get her to change her mind, she was never going to find him guilty despite feeling that he was. Then the we had to convince her polar opposite to go with not guilty.
So in the end we returned a verdict of not guilty.. The process really opened my eyes as to how our judicial system works.