hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. that, said the judge, was jury misconduct. the court finds that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was brokenhearted, including denny. denny s team was even more brokenhearted to learn that when the judge interrupted the jurors they had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline spoke with four jurors after the trial and they said they had already signed and sealed the ballots on all of the charges except the lesser charge of manslaughter. rape, not guilty. not guilty. murder. i voted not guilty. not guilty. denny had come oh, so close to being acquitted of hannah s murder. because jurors had voted in his favor, his lawyers went back to the courts to contest his being tried again on grounds of double jeopardy.
stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was brokenhearted, including denny. denny s team was even more brokenhearted to learn the jury had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline talked to four jurors after the trial and they said they had sealed and delivered all the charges except the lesser charge. i voted not guilty. not guilty. not guilty. denny had come oh, so close to being acquitted of hannah s murder. because the jury voted in his favor, the lawyers went back to the courts and contested his being tried again because of double jeopardy. how does one get tried again for something he was found not guilty of? he was in jail for another year while they decided what to do with him. he was released a year later. but denny s freedom would be short-lived. you ll hear more about that later. for hannah s friends and family, the shock of her violent death,
test not in evidence, a lie detector test brad oborn, hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. that, the judge said, was jury misconduct. the court has found that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was brokenhearted, including denny. denny s team was even more brokenhearted to learn the jury had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline talked to four jurors after the trial and they said they had sealed and delivered all the charges except the lesser charge of man splauter. rape. not guilty. not guilty. i voted not guilty. denny had come oh, so close to being acquitted of hannah s murder. because the jury voted in his favor, the lawyers went back to the courts and contested his being tried again because of double jeopardy. how does one get tried again
she said she took that drastic measure because she was getting a report that one of the jurors was talking about a lie detector test not in evidence, a lie detector test brad oborn, hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. that, the judge said, was jury misconduct. the court has found that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was brokenhearted, including denny. denny s team was even more brokenhearted to learn the jury had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline talked to four jurors after the trial and they said they had sealed and delivered all the charges except the lesser charge. i voted not guilty. not guilty. not guilty. denny had come oh, so close to being acquitted of hannah s