largos7289 t1_jeekpt5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:24 PM

LOL having been on one yes, also most people are dumb which is why having a trial by jury is the best possible outcome for you. I can guaranty you that someone will spout out some crazy BS notion because that's how they feel/ see it and then say, "Well i'm not changing my mind/vote." Then you get one or two that are just there and vote what ever. Sorry still a bit salty over it. Your supposed to consider the evidence presented, but humans by nature always interject their knowledge/experience into it.

BertieWilberforce t1_jeemi4i wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:38 PM

Exactly my experience as well. We convicted a thug on beating his wife senseless (in front of his 3 year-old daughter) but even with an ADA who had her case sewn up pretty tightly, we still had one Lee J. Cobb figure on our jury who read his tabloid and said the defendant 'just got outta hand a little.' So it took some persuasion and jury members using things other than evidence to make their argument.

Yeah, I know the legal purists go crazy over what happens in the jury room in this movie (one of my absolute favorites) but the fact is, once the door's closed, anything goes. Guilty/Not Guilt/Hung Jury. That's it. No 'Oh, but we considered things other than the evidence.' Judge will *not* care.