( continues...) with the police should die, etc etc. (The jury was four black men, one black woman, and seven white women).
But in the end, NINE of us thought there was reasonable doubt that even IF Kevin said that, that he actually meant it and wasn't just joking. THREE people, though, said they thought he was guilty.
And so in the end, today at about noon, we told the judge we were still deadlocked, and he declared a mistrial and let us go. WHEW
Oh, and I got told by the one younger (black) guy on the jury that I am a "cool-ass white chick". Hey, I'll take it.
See the WashingtonPost for more info (I swear I only just now looked up this information (by only googling his first name! Not a terribly common name)--they very carefully were NOT allowed to tell us that he'd already had another murder trial and been found guilty, though most of us kinda figured that).
Had to cancel my entire trip to Cleveland, for training, and will just go to the office tomorrow.
(Um, wow, I didnt' realize that would be THAT many posts! Sorry!)
Just read that in your journal.
That is some whacked-out crazy shit right there.
Damn, woman. It's like a whole soap opera season crammed into one week, but without the fun parts!
Almost two weeks, Amy! Started *last* Monday with jury selection, then three days of trial, we got Friday off, Monday we came back and heard a few more (brief) witnesses, heard closing arguments, and then Tuesday we started deliberating.
It was insane. And I'm sure the government is PISSED there's yet ANOTHER hung jury thing going on....
Sheesh, no one knows how to properly kill a thread anymore?
Was just thinking the same thing, Frank. I was sure I'd come back from lunch to a nice new thread. Instead, it is still this ole thing.
I should have known, with a thread like you, your middle name is Always.
Of course, Meara is a cool-ass white chick.
(Although sometimes when I hear that, I wonder how square we are expected to be, but that doesn't take away from her coolness.)
