Addendum: ok, now I get what happened. The judge gave the jury the option to find him liable for any of three levels of sexual assault -- rape, sexual battery, or forcible touching from most to least severe. So that they decided he wasn’t liable for rape wasn’t a declaration of innocence, they just went for the middle severity of the thr…
Addendum: ok, now I get what happened. The judge gave the jury the option to find him liable for any of three levels of sexual assault -- rape, sexual battery, or forcible touching from most to least severe. So that they decided he wasn’t liable for rape wasn’t a declaration of innocence, they just went for the middle severity of the three. That’s why the “forcible touching” mark is blank, they were going down the list in severity until they got to “yes,” and rape required them to believe it was more likely than not he forcibly penetrated her with (cringe... ahem) le champignon orange, and they just weren’t willing to go that far.
Addendum: ok, now I get what happened. The judge gave the jury the option to find him liable for any of three levels of sexual assault -- rape, sexual battery, or forcible touching from most to least severe. So that they decided he wasn’t liable for rape wasn’t a declaration of innocence, they just went for the middle severity of the three. That’s why the “forcible touching” mark is blank, they were going down the list in severity until they got to “yes,” and rape required them to believe it was more likely than not he forcibly penetrated her with (cringe... ahem) le champignon orange, and they just weren’t willing to go that far.
Yeah, that's what I read. Glad you got to the bottom of it; I wasn't comfortable getting into it in that detail.