You've never done jury duty? Christ, it's 1 person who simply can't Possibly see anything outside of their narrow fucking view of the universe. ZERO empathy (ability to see something from a different viewpoint). In my case (last time), it was one rich ole white lady who though LEOs could do no wrong, tell no lies, stretch no truths. All of us thought the defendant was guilty as fuck, but there was reasonable doubt (even the video evidence was loaded with doubt).... she simply stuck to the "Cops do no wrong" attitude and wouldn't budge... for 2 days. Judge finally had a discussion with her after the rest of us said we were in agreement and we were 'hung'. No idea what was said, but she changed her vote then and there and we all got to go home. It was that or coming back to sit in silence for yet Another day or until the judge chose to go the mistrial route (and they would rather inconvenience the jurors than do the paperwork). We were not allowed any "evidence" in our room, just whatever notes we happened to take. In this case, it benefits the prosecution in no way to mistrial. All that will do is KEEP the thing in focus, make people wonder Why it mistrialed... but it does give Both sides time to reset and take the new findings to make a better case for next time. Anyone here think that the prosecution has gained the upper hand and would benefit from trying again?