I have only been on a jury twice, one rape case and one murder case. On both occasions, the prosecutor added other charges in addition to the primary charge. The most charges in either case was only eight. In both trials we took four days to deliberate and we did not vote guilty on all charges. How much time would you anticipate for a 34 count indictment in a trial that lasted eight days?
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Well the Jury instructions, behind all the 40 pages, basically said “You will find Trump guilty”
I posted a video yesterday where a citizen reported pointed out that the jury instructions were 53 pages. https://greatawakening.win/p/17tKiuxg3e/trump-trial-jurors-dont-have-jur/c/
In essence it's not really 34 things they agree on. This is an all or nothing case. If they've been convinced of the underlying theme of the case, they will convict of everything. This is because each monthly business record was filed as a separate count. So if you find one of the months, let's say January, then there's no reason why you wouldn't find February true as well.
This explains a lot of gobble gook very simply. Please expound a little more.
They getting their big check in the mail.
11 hours on deliberation of 34 counts, roughly /hour and found guilty on all 34 counts. Wonder who got to the jurors during their long stretch off? Just saying……It was already decided, when the jury was handpicked.
I was on a case where a young man was charged with domestic battery against an elder. A single felony charge.
We took two days to deliberate. It was very clean, but the delineation between mutual conflict and battery came down to about four seconds of disengagement. They scuffled, young man had walked a car’s length away, the old man (with one hand) said something, and the young man returned and pegged grandpa in the face.
By walking away, it met the criteria that the conflict was over and any further engagement would be a separate incident.
Two days over something that was very clear cut from a legal perspective. There’s no way they deliberated for two days in good faith and came to a conclusion here.
They were paid for the verdict and told to make it two days for a vestige of credibility.
Agree 100%!
Jurors say baaaaa........
From what I understand, only 4 of the 12 needed to agree on something.