Final jury make up; 7 women, 5 men, 1 of color. Have heard Hispanic?
The problem with juries like the one described above with a preponderance of females is they usually don't know or understand the law. They still don't understand it after a judge explains it to them. Tuth is, they don't want to understand. They operate entirely on feelers and "the law" is not important to them and just flies in one ear and out the other.
That was the case in the murder trial I was a juror on. Had 2 women, one white and one black, who were not going to vote to convict based on the law, no matter what. One was a USPS employee, bragged she was getting paid full salary to be there, and said she would never change her vote to guilty. The other was a late 20's, early 30's grad student.
Never mind the guy that caught the .40 S&W execution style behind his ear at point blank range.. Or the guy who caught 2 in the back as he was trying to get back in the house from the garage, and permanently confined to a wheelchair.
Those 2 women were never going to convict those "boys", as they often referred to the defendants / murderers.
iResult: Hung jury..
And this was already the 2nd trial.
Last edited by local_dirt; 11/16/21.
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