General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsprediction in Dunn Trial
Guilty of three counts of attempted murder. Hung jury on anything relating to the kid he killed.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)That's my worst case scenario. I have a worst worst case scenario that I try not to think about.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)50/50 for acquittal on the other counts
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)Mainly because dipshit doesn't even claim they threatened him.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)but one of the questions the jury aked was whether they have to arrive at each attempted murder count individually or if it is all or nothing. The judge instructed them that they had to look at each individually. That tells me they are coming to a different conclusion regarding the three others and Davis. Since they can't reach a murder verdict over Davis it tells me they probably can't convict him of attempted on Davis either but can on the other three. I could cer tainly be wrong but that is my read on it.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)But after the z aquittal I haven't had a lot of faith with in Fla. juries. If he goes to prison at all I will be pleasantly surprised.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Three attempted murder, one of shooting at car...
20x3 plus 15 = 75 years in prison if given the min. Attempted murder is life
avebury
(10,941 posts)Jury is only 6 for Murder 2 Vs 12 for Murder 1. They need to find some new prosecutors who are not afraid to raise race at trial.
Diamonique
(1,655 posts)guilty of the 5th count. Shooting at the fleeing car.
This sucks.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)Juries as a rule don't like to hang. And particularly in a high-profile case. The judge is also going to instruct them to keep at to try to come to a consensus. They can agree on any of the lesser included murder charges. I'm inclined the think that the only reason they'll hang on the murder charge if one or more people are actually arguing to acquit rather than it being an argument between Murder 1 and Murder 2. They'd hang the jury before they'd acquit on the murder charge if they can't come to agreement on a lesser included charge.
I'm still hoping that the deadlock has to do with premeditation. After watching the judge and attorneys discussing how to answer the self-defense questions it appeared that that particular jury instruction was confusing and they even say they struggled with the language of it themselves for hours, so I think that it's entirely possible that the jury was asking the self-defense questions in order to understand the instructions, not so much because there was anyone that believed he was justified in self-defense. It seemed more about how to reconcile the meaning of the other charges concerning each of the boys and how to apply the instructions that were given...
The more they talk about it the more it seems that the instructions were unclear, and seemed to have more to do with the surviving boys than the one that was killed. I was starting to get confused myself the more they discussed it. I'm even more inclined to believe that since they have come to agreement after these questions were answered on the surviving boys.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)And thanks for posting the video.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)But then the jury came back this morning with "if we think he was justified in shooting at one guy, does that automatically mean he was justified at shooting at the others?"
that tells me at least one is clinging to the idea that killing Davis was self-defense
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I hope they retry him now for the murder he committed.