Erisian makes the only point about a "hung jury" that matters coupled with a fear of a rogue juror torpedoing the whole trial.
There are 34 different charges, each of which, in theory, can result in a unanimous finding of guilty which results in a finding of guilty for that charge only, not the whole trial unless ALL Charges receive unani…
Erisian makes the only point about a "hung jury" that matters coupled with a fear of a rogue juror torpedoing the whole trial.
There are 34 different charges, each of which, in theory, can result in a unanimous finding of guilty which results in a finding of guilty for that charge only, not the whole trial unless ALL Charges receive unanimous votes of Guilty.
If all agree on Not Guilty for any of the 34 charges, that Charge ONLY is a not guilty finding. If only one juror votes Not Guilty on one Charge that Charge ONLY, is a hung vote on that Charge.
Clearly, you can have a mix and match where some Charges a unanimous Guilty, some are unaimous Not Guilty and some are a Hung vote, e.g., 10 Guilty Charges, 11 Not Guilty Charges, 13 Hung Charges, or whatever math you care to use to reach 34.
Erisian makes the only point about a "hung jury" that matters coupled with a fear of a rogue juror torpedoing the whole trial.
There are 34 different charges, each of which, in theory, can result in a unanimous finding of guilty which results in a finding of guilty for that charge only, not the whole trial unless ALL Charges receive unanimous votes of Guilty.
If all agree on Not Guilty for any of the 34 charges, that Charge ONLY is a not guilty finding. If only one juror votes Not Guilty on one Charge that Charge ONLY, is a hung vote on that Charge.
Clearly, you can have a mix and match where some Charges a unanimous Guilty, some are unaimous Not Guilty and some are a Hung vote, e.g., 10 Guilty Charges, 11 Not Guilty Charges, 13 Hung Charges, or whatever math you care to use to reach 34.
Thanks, David. That makes me feel a bit better! 😫
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