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Originally Posted by Didace
Why would you call them "weak-willed"? Maybe they just weren't sure of a few things and it didn't that long to review. Do you think jury deliberations are some sort of battle?
They certainly can be a battle. The one time I served on a jury was for a low 7 figure med mal case that was a week long. We deliberated for 6 hours and the last 4 1/2 hours were spent convincing the last 2 holdouts that you can't just give a plaintiff a million and a half dollars because they are hurt, there has to be negligence on the part of the defendant, and the plaintiff hadn't provided any proof of said negligence, and unless those 2 holdouts could find something that did prove it, they didn't really have a leg to stand on. None of them could find a single reason other than, "but he's hurt!".
These 2 were selected during voir dire by the plaintiff's attorney, and in hindsight I can completely see why with the type of person they were, and the fact they went with their feelings vs. logic. If people like them were placed on the Murdaugh murder trial, things could have went sideways fast. I guess the prosecution can pat themselves on the back for not letting that happen.