From what I have read, the jury instructions made it such that any decision other than the deadlock would have required consideration of the second charge. By deadlocking on charge 1, charge 2 was dead in the water - until Wiley coyote changed the rules and instructions - either to push an ideology (likely) or help Penny on appeal. I thi…
From what I have read, the jury instructions made it such that any decision other than the deadlock would have required consideration of the second charge. By deadlocking on charge 1, charge 2 was dead in the water - until Wiley coyote changed the rules and instructions - either to push an ideology (likely) or help Penny on appeal. I think there is at least one juror who still has the gonads to hold the line and deadlock on this new version of justice, despite great risk of harm. One can only hope. The insanity needs to end.
From what I have read, the jury instructions made it such that any decision other than the deadlock would have required consideration of the second charge. By deadlocking on charge 1, charge 2 was dead in the water - until Wiley coyote changed the rules and instructions - either to push an ideology (likely) or help Penny on appeal. I think there is at least one juror who still has the gonads to hold the line and deadlock on this new version of justice, despite great risk of harm. One can only hope. The insanity needs to end.
Thank you for your clarification!
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