Jury delibertions... short vs. long

[MissMillie]

Are we thinking short is good and long, not so much?

Or the other way around?

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. It's hard to tell.

OJ verdict was out in four hours and that was a not guilty.

Chauvin was eight hours and that was guilty.

And basically you can find lots of examples of guilty and not guilty deliberations both short and long.

I do think if they order dinner tonight, it's closer to a verdict, regardless of whether it's guilty or not guilty.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. Long generally points to conviction.

Short usually means acquittal.

But that’s obviously not true in every case.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. Yes, And Long Could Also Indicate A Hung Jury nt

[SeattleVet]

4. In this case long could be the jurors just trying to wade through the 39 pages of instructions.

[TomSlick]

5. I gave up on reading tea leaves from the length of jury deliberations long ago.

Notes or questions from the jury might provide some clues. Otherwise, you can only wait.

[Patton French]

6. Generally, the longer it goes, the worse for the defense.

Not always true, but a good general rule. Tomorrow is the key day.

[PDT69]

7. I think we will know tomorrow.

I have zero clue which way it will go.

[Raine]

8. I was on Jury once and we took three days taking turns reading our notes aloud.

The attorneys were probably freaking out over why such a minor case was taking so long to reach a verdict but we're just going over notes. When we finished we took one vote and that was it, no arguing etc, over and done. The amount of time can mean everything or nothing.