Leroy N. Soetoro
2016-01-18 06:49:33 UTC
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/01/15/report-jurors-in-porter-trial-
were-1-vote-away-from-acquittal/
BALTIMORE (WJZ) Breaking down the deadlock. New revelations about just
how divided the jury was in the Officer Porter trial. Our media partner,
The Baltimore Sun, interviewed one juror about just what happened during
deliberations.
WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren with a closer look at the jury breakdown,
and what it reveals.
Jurors were very close to convicting Officer Porter of misconduct in
office, but they were also very close to acquitting him of involuntary
manslaughter.
Almost one month since Officer William Porters trial ended with a hung
jury, one of those deadlocked jurors revealed to The Baltimore Sun a jury
room fraught with emotion and split on the panels final vote.
This could have a sweeping impact on the remaining trials.
The lawyers for the other defendants are looking at this very closely and
trying to read these tea leaves, said Andrew Levy, legal analyst.
The juror says the vote on the most serious charge involuntary
manslaughter was 11 not guilty to 1 guilty.
On assault 8 not guilty, 2 guilty and 2 undecided.
What this does show is that this was a case that could have gone either
way, Levy said.
But on reckless endangerment, only 3 jurors thought Porter was not guilty;
7 thought he was guilty and 2 were undecided.
And on misconduct in office, only 1 juror thought Porter was not guilty;
10 believed he was guilty and 1 was undecided.
The juror said: This was the vote that was on the board when the jury
conceded to deadlock. Had we continued discussions, theres great
likelihood that the numbers could have switched, but I couldnt say which
way.
You would assume that this sounds like a classic compromise verdict,
Levy said.
Knowing how the jurors voted is extraordinarily valuable information to
both sides that will likely impact their strategies moving forward.
Debate became so tense: Some of the panel in Porters trial were driven
to tears during deliberations and afterward.
The jury knows that they have the fate of this police officer in their
hands, said Levy. My god, how difficult would that be for anyone?
The judge made the jury anonymous, but took the added step of asking them
not to speak to the media.
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were-1-vote-away-from-acquittal/
BALTIMORE (WJZ) Breaking down the deadlock. New revelations about just
how divided the jury was in the Officer Porter trial. Our media partner,
The Baltimore Sun, interviewed one juror about just what happened during
deliberations.
WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren with a closer look at the jury breakdown,
and what it reveals.
Jurors were very close to convicting Officer Porter of misconduct in
office, but they were also very close to acquitting him of involuntary
manslaughter.
Almost one month since Officer William Porters trial ended with a hung
jury, one of those deadlocked jurors revealed to The Baltimore Sun a jury
room fraught with emotion and split on the panels final vote.
This could have a sweeping impact on the remaining trials.
The lawyers for the other defendants are looking at this very closely and
trying to read these tea leaves, said Andrew Levy, legal analyst.
The juror says the vote on the most serious charge involuntary
manslaughter was 11 not guilty to 1 guilty.
On assault 8 not guilty, 2 guilty and 2 undecided.
What this does show is that this was a case that could have gone either
way, Levy said.
But on reckless endangerment, only 3 jurors thought Porter was not guilty;
7 thought he was guilty and 2 were undecided.
And on misconduct in office, only 1 juror thought Porter was not guilty;
10 believed he was guilty and 1 was undecided.
The juror said: This was the vote that was on the board when the jury
conceded to deadlock. Had we continued discussions, theres great
likelihood that the numbers could have switched, but I couldnt say which
way.
You would assume that this sounds like a classic compromise verdict,
Levy said.
Knowing how the jurors voted is extraordinarily valuable information to
both sides that will likely impact their strategies moving forward.
Debate became so tense: Some of the panel in Porters trial were driven
to tears during deliberations and afterward.
The jury knows that they have the fate of this police officer in their
hands, said Levy. My god, how difficult would that be for anyone?
The judge made the jury anonymous, but took the added step of asking them
not to speak to the media.
--
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the six
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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