Conflict has been worsening between the Douglas County sheriff and district attorney amid an ongoing dispute over what information the sheriff’s office must share with prosecutors regarding employee misconduct.
nervous as a lawyer is when you start getting notes from the jury that lead you to believe there is just no chance that this jury is going to be able to reach a resolution. so given the stage that that came, you know, i think that, you know, my advice is always to clients in those situations not to read too much into that at this point, particularly given that the other two questions show us that the jury was likely carefully analyzing impeachment evidence and evidence related to a critical theory of the case, the physical construction of the gun. that shows us that we have an active, intelligent, and working jury at this point. first, the impeachment-related evidence, you mean the idea of trying to cross-reference her statements on the stand to what she did or did not remember with a psychologist at one point in the trial as well and the idea of the evidence.
this point, particularly given that the other two questions show us that the jury was likely carefully analyzing impeachment evidence and evidence related to a critical theory of the case, the physical construction of the gun. that shows us that we have an active, intelligent, and working jury at this point. first, the impeachment-related evidence, you mean the idea of trying to cross-reference her statements on the stand to what she did or did not remember with a psychologist at one point in the trial as well and the idea of the evidence. this comes down to the idea of was it reasonable, was it reckless, was it negligent to mistake one s firearm for an obviously distinct taser. the jury asked the question to have the zip-ties removed from potter s gun so they to could actually hold it. they are trying to put themselves in her shoes, i guess, by doing that. is that, in your mind, to her benefit or the benefit of the prosecution to have them