Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. The jury that there is a third option, there is guilt, there is not guilty, and there is a hung jury. The judge declined to do that and said that if the jury were to come back again and say they remain deadlocked, the judge will ask them how many counts theyve reached a verdict on. Hell then consult with the lawyers and decide whether or not to take whats called a partial verdict which means to have the jury announce those counts to which theyve reached unanimous agreement. Now, correct me if im wrong, the trials that ive covered in the past, dan, and youre the lawyer and former prosecutor, a judge will only repeat that allen charge so many times, or else risk, you know, being overturned on appeal if it ends up being a conviction, that east putting too much pressure on a deadlocked jury. Youre exactly right, andrea. Even the judge mentioned that his objective was not to be coercive t
counts, it sounds like from what you re saying. it s possible, but i think unlikely. i think the implication of the note is that they have reached unanimity on some counts and the question, again, was, if we cannot come to a consensus on a single count, how should we fill out the verdict form for that count. so it doesn t necessarily mean there is only one count. but it does give at least the implication that they have reached union a.animity on some counts. one last question, dan, as a prosecutor, are you surprised