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re: Rittenhouse day 9-Motions and jury instructions
Posted on 11/13/21 at 12:53 am to davyjones
Posted on 11/13/21 at 12:53 am to davyjones
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Good Lord that's a bunch of alternates. But in a case like this I can understand why, I suppose. I can't imagine how they'd do it otherwise, but what I would envision is the first 12 that were mutually accepted will be the actual jury, and the alternates are on deck in order that they were mutually accepted after the first 12 were locked in. If one of the original 12 has to be excused from the jury for whatever reason, then alternate #1 fills that spot. If another original 12 can't proceed for whatever reason, alternate #2 fills that spot, and so on.
I could be wrong, maybe they've got some crazy system there, but again I can't imagine how else they'd do it to achieve the final 12. Maybe a second jury selection by the parties until they mutually reach the required 12? Randomly drawing numbers? I reckon I don't know is what it boils down to.
the stream today indicated a hopper was brought into the courtroom and that it's essentially a lottery done at the end of the trial in Wisconsin
Posted on 11/13/21 at 1:02 am to rt3
Interesting. I did not know that. FWIW the process I described in my first paragraph is that of Louisiana. But hell we didn't require unanimous verdicts up until a few years ago. 12 person jury required only 10 of 12 to convict (or acquit). Perhaps we're the weird ones.
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