I was on a jury this week

Did the girl testify? What type of evidence was presented?

Did you vote capital punishment? Only correct answer for this

How many days and how long each day? Sounds pretty straight forward if you got the evidence.

Dude should be given to Gary Plauche (god rest his soul) as his sentence.

Hopefully they castrate him ASAP

Unfortunately capital punishment was not on the table.

From start to finish, the whole process took 3 business days. I think we deliberated for probably 4 hours or so on the first 2 counts. Then about another hour on sentencing later on.

Basically just tried to discredit the girl’s story but she was very believable.

The defendant did not take the stand on his own behalf which we were of course informed is not an admission of guilt because they have the right to not self-incriminate. The defense called no witnesses.

And the thing is, they have to go through all of it for the evidence of everything. So all the witnesses (including the girl, God love her) had to explain in specific detail the individual sex acts that were happening and for how long and what followed immediately after and so on and so forth. I kept wanting to change the channel on this Law and Order SVU episode because it was too graphic but it was real life.

I kinda think that’s why I made a thread about it. This is gonna stay in my head probably forever

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And the thing is, they have to go through all of it for the evidence of everything. So all the witnesses (including the girl, God love her) had to explain in specific detail the individual sex acts that were happening and for how long and what followed immediately after and so on and so forth. I kept wanting to change the channel on this Law and Order SVU episode because it was too graphic but it was real life.

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this is why a lot of people do not tell/report it. Having to relive it again is incredibly difficult.

Thats brutal BallHawg10..

I was selected early 2024 for a medical malpractice civil trial. Was my first time ever officially being selected to be on trial. The plaintiff and defense side each called 2 different medically awarded surgeons to testify what they think was the best way to handle the situation. The whole trial made me realize the unfortunate truth about how our judicial system works. Mainly because the entire jury has no surgical background and then you have 4 guys (2 on each side) with 20+ years of experience and accolades that disagree about something that you would think is textbook from an outsider.
You basically rely on your gut instinct along with how good the lawyers are. Now imagine that in a criminal trial. frick that

Edit: My story doesn't necessarily relate to OP, but when I see a trial thread on OT, it reminds me of my time in deliberation room listening to a group of people give random arse subjective opinions about something important.