Thursday, November 18, 2021

"Twelve Angry Men" in reverse

Instead of one holdout for acquittal, there's (potentially) one holdout in the Rittenhouse jury for conviction: "Rittenhouse Verdict Watch: Has Jury Foreperson Gone Rogue And Holding Back Acquittal?"  Legal Insurrection:
I have a growing suspicion that this jury has not yet arrived at a unanimous verdict of acquittal only because of the resistance of juror #54, a woman who also happens to be the foreperson, who seems to be the hold-out against acquittal.

The jury selection risk to Kyle was always going to be that a “mask Karen” type, usually of leftist political persuasion, bossy, entitled, and status-sensitive, would be seated on the jury.  Such a person would be most unlikely to ever vote for acquittal—her social group would necessarily know she had done so, given the unanimous nature of an acquittal.
This trial has been a train wreck from start to finish so a mistrial seems a suitable ending.

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