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- The Transition: Moving 12 jurors and alternates out of the courtroom, getting them situated in the deliberation room, and dealing with the logistical shuffle easily eats up 20 to 30 minutes.
- Administrative Tasks: Electing a foreperson, reading through the final charge, and filling out the official verdict forms takes another chunk of time.
- The Manslaughter Component: Because Judge Roach didn't rule on including the lesser manslaughter option until right before closing arguments, that entire instruction had to be added to the charge at the final second.
That's an LLM reduction of me because I a negro and can't write. But logically, the timing is sub 1-hour and more than likely 12 walked into a room and when the 12th sat down a unanimous "he's guilty" rang out.
- The Transition: Moving 12 jurors and alternates out of the courtroom, getting them situated in the deliberation room, and dealing with the logistical shuffle easily eats up 20 to 30 minutes.
- Administrative Tasks: Electing a foreperson, reading through the final charge, and filling out the official verdict forms takes another chunk of time.
- The Manslaughter Component: Because Judge Roach didn't rule on including the lesser manslaughter option until right before closing arguments, that entire instruction had to be added to the charge at the final second.
That's an LLM reduction of me because I a negro and can't write.
But logically, the timing is sub 1-hour and more than likely 12 walked into a room and when the 12th sat down a unanimous "he's guilty" rang out.
Anything that's less than several hours isn't a real debate. It's the jurors saying to eachother, "ok we have to sit here long enough to make people think we had a debate and tried to see if we could find reasonable doubt even though we all instantly agreed there isn't any."
Anything that's less than several hours isn't a real debate. It's the jurors saying to eachother, "ok we have to sit here long enough to make people think we had a debate and tried to see if we could find reasonable doubt even though we all instantly agreed there isn't any."