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« on: May 31, 2012, 01:38:55 PM »
After 9 days of deliberations the jury has reached a verdict.  We're waiting on the official decision to be announced.
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 01:45:03 PM »
9 days? He'll be acquitted on at least some charges.
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 01:48:36 PM »

My guess is a hung jury.
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 01:58:22 PM »
We have a verdict on just ONE count.  Count 3.  We don't know which way, though.  The prosecution wants them to go back and decide the other 5 counts, but the defense wants a mistrial on the remaining 5 counts.  The judge is taking a 5-minute recess to decide.  Jeffrey Toobin of CNN called this a "mess".
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 02:27:49 PM »
It looks like the judge is siding with the prosecution and ordering the jury to go back into deliberation.
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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 02:41:18 PM »
Quote from: Dereich on May 31, 2012, 02:27:49 PM
It looks like the judge is siding with the prosecution and ordering the jury to go back into deliberation.

If I were a juror I would pipe up and say that there is no way I am changing my mind, 9 days is enough, and what you are doing is cruel and unusual and I object to what you are doing. The judge I think is out of line here. Trying to coerce a verdict does not sit well with me.
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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2012, 02:50:26 PM »
Juries sucks.
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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2012, 04:18:57 PM »

I persuaded you huh?  Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2012, 04:33:34 PM »

High School legal studies, I wrote an essay rubbishing the idea of un-knowledgeable juries... and called for a number of expert juries who actually know what they're talking about, depending on the evidence in the case...

If it's good enough for the Oscars, it's good enough for the legal system...
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2012, 04:37:28 PM »
CNN's reporting a mistrial. Ugh.
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« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2012, 04:39:47 PM »
Acquittal on one charge and mistrial on the remainder...
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« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2012, 04:58:32 PM »
Quote from: President Polnut on May 31, 2012, 04:33:34 PM

High School legal studies, I wrote an essay rubbishing the idea of un-knowledgeable juries... and called for a number of expert juries who actually know what they're talking about, depending on the evidence in the case...

If it's good enough for the Oscars, it's good enough for the legal system...

Actually I favor juries for serious criminal cases, which this probably qualifies as.
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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2012, 06:35:46 PM »
What was the verdict on the charge of Edwards being a gigantic asshole?
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« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2012, 07:45:51 PM »
Quote from: I'm For A Better Amercia on May 31, 2012, 06:35:46 PM
What was the verdict on the charge of Edwards being a gigantic asshole?
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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2012, 10:14:07 PM »

Which one is Edwards, the victim or the warden or the soldier leaning back behind?
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« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2012, 11:56:27 PM »
Quote from: I'm For A Better Amercia on May 31, 2012, 06:35:46 PM
What was the verdict on the charge of Edwards being a gigantic asshole?

How many Senators wouldn't be guilty of that?
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« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2012, 09:20:07 AM »
Quote from: Remember our Soldiers on May 31, 2012, 10:14:07 PM

Which one is Edwards, the victim or the warden or the soldier leaning back behind?

All three
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