r/BlackPeopleTwitter 21h ago

Could probably hear the “FOH!!” from space

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u/ghouly-cooly 20h ago

2 other male jurors decidedly voted not guilty. Not to acquit that's a different thing altogether, acquittance was not available. Not guilty by reason of insanity was the option. He even admitted he had reasonable doubt that she was guilty yet out of spite didn't vote the same way as the other 11 jurors.

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u/ShamanicCrusader 19h ago

He said he had doubt yall twist his words to mean reasonable doubt

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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo 17h ago

The judge even clarified than “reasonable doubt” doesn’t mean “any possible doubt”. You’re allowed to concede that a doubt exists without accepting it

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u/ghouly-cooly 19h ago

Did he say that himself? He hasn't commented on it as far as I'm aware.

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u/ThaRealSunGod 18h ago

You say that he admitted it and now you say he hasn't commented on it 🤨

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u/ghouly-cooly 18h ago

Yes from accounts if other jurors who said that he admitted he had reasonable doubt but was still holding out for a hung jury.

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u/pompousrompus 15h ago

Having reasonable doubt is the point.. who gives a fuck about other jurors taking to media

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u/ghouly-cooly 13h ago

Yes that is the point. He had reasonable doubt that she was guilty, which means he couldn't reasonably convict her of being guilty. And yet still held out.

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u/muffinman885 19h ago

A lot of people in here commenting on the justice system who don't even have a basic understanding of hearsay.

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u/ghouly-cooly 18h ago

Heresay is one thing, but it's from people who were in the room with him who followed the case alongside him in the jury. If we don't have his perspective then the next best thing is eyewitness testimony of what he said.