decision. we don t know what clarification they might need. because they eventually asked the judge to postpone the trial through the weekend. the judge conceded. after that, we heard from the family and the attorneys of walter scott, they had a very emotional message saying that this case goes far beyond their own family. listen. this is not a black family versus michael slager. this is the world versus michael slager. no matter what color you are. you know what justice looks like. and the one juror that s holding out will reflect, pray, look at the facts, look at all the evidence that we heard that was overwhelming. we believe that he ll see the light. we believe that justice will be here on monday. reporter: so a jury has four options on monday. one to convict him of murder which carries a sentence of 30 years to life. second option, volunteer manslaughter two to 30 years. third option, not guilty.
yesterday was a rolling coaster back and forth between the jury and judge. it started around 1:00 p.m. when the jury asked for testimony from a specific witness. minutes later they told a judge it was clear they could not come to a consensus. the judge issued an allen charge, sending them back in telling them it was their duty to come up with a verdict. they came back out and that s where we got three separate notes from the jury. one from a specific jury said they could not in clear conscious convict michael slager. on the same note saying they could not look in the eyes of the family of walter scott and tell them he was innocent. there is deep division even in that juror. one for theforeman saying the 11 others are already decided. the third note from the foreman saying that juror was having issued and perhaps they needed to be removed. very, very dramatic day in court. ultimately, the jury telling the judge that if perhaps they had clarification on some laws, their might be able to
. a near deadlocked jury could lead to a mistrial in the case of former charleston south carolina cop on the hook for murdering a black man. michael slager is on trial for killing michael scott. mark o meara is with us now. i want to ask you historically when you have a situation like this and send the jury home for 48 hours. now this lone juror has 48 hours to contemplate. does that amount of time when they go back into the deliberation room on monday often change anything? well, i think it could be very problematic. there s a reason why particularly in cases like this high profile cases we suquest
we ll have to try the case again. i just want to reiterate here. this is a jury of 11 white jurors, one african-american. there were 55 witness whose testified. slager took the stand and argued self-defense which i know is unusual. the cell phone video has been the most compelling. many people have looked at that video and said they thought that this case was a done deal. just based on that video. is this, though, if this is not a stealth juror, is this an indication of how you can watch the same video but have such different ideas about it? yeah, we have to start with this premise. it s very difficult to convict a police officer of anything when he or she does something in the line of duty. we still as jurors and as people, we give them great deference. quite honestly i think that s