re: Jessica Chambers jury says Not Guilty, but 7 say Guilty on Poll. Chaos in the courtroom

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Maybe I'm missing something here, but why did they read the verdict as "not guilty" but then declare a mistrial?
Why was it recorded as "not guilty" if it wasn't?
Did the jury not know what it takes to determine a verdict?

This doesn't inspire much confidence in a jury trial. I've always said that I'm going for a bench trial if I'm ever charged.

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sounds like the jury foreman signaled they came up with a verdict... but another juror said it wasn't unanimous... so they were sent back

came back again... actually read the not guilty verdict in court... then the judge polled the jury where it actually turned out to be 7-5 in favor of guilty (certainly not unanimous)

judge sent them back again... with new instructions which was basically just the definition of unanimous

they came back later deadlocked

I'm assuming the jury was trying to tell the judge we're deadlocked but the foreperson was dumb on all things legal and thought a deadlocked jury was the same as a not guilty verdict