Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse; Criminal, Murderer or Citizen Defender.

mat200

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Does the jury have to be unanimous either way to not have a hung jury?
What happens if there is a hung jury?

When there are insufficient jurors voting one way or the other to deliver either a guilty or not guilty verdict, the jury is known as a “hung jury” or it might be said that jurors are “deadlocked”.

The judge may direct them to deliberate further, usually no more than once or twice. This direction is most commonly known as an Allen charge.

If a verdict still cannot be delivered, at some point the judge will declare a mistrial due to the hung jury.


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I assumed everybody but me knew if the jury's verdicts has to be unanimous. I found a couple of news reports that say the verdicts do indeed need to be unanimous, so if they're not fake news, that's the answer. It's possible for the jury to reach a verdict on some of the counts, and be hung on the others.
 

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I didn't watch the trial, saw some more about it on here than anywhere. But, I never saw anything that made me think any reasonable person could convict him of anything other than being dumb. Dumb for being a 17 year old kid going into a risky situation. But, i did not think the jury would acquit him given all of the politics. I am SHOCKED, but very happy about it!!
 

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stupid lefties i hope they get what they deserve !
Leftist might be able to control the narrative and many in their base. But when sensible people are left to their own mind; that, they(leftist), cannot control. Honest justice has prevailed. Now is the time to pass the popcorn and watch cnn and msnbc heads explode.
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