Do you think that the longer the jury stays out, the greater chance

[avebury]

that they will vote for manslaughter?

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[Chan790]

1. No...

I believe the longer the jury stays out, the more likely this jury will hang.

[Just Saying]

2. Don't know.

It's early still IMO. They have a lot of legal stuff to get thru. It will probably take an hour just to fill out jury forms once they decide.

[NYC_SKP]

3. The longer they're there, the more likely a verdict of guity of M2 or a lesser charge.

Some could interpret longer deliberations as an indication of hung jury or not guilty in the end, and that's not an unreasonable calculation.

[Quixote1818]

4. Absolutely, look at all the major cases recently

I don't have the link off hand but in every case where it was quick they acquitted. In every case where they convicted it took at least two days to decide.

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In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours.

Scott Peterson was convicted of first-degree and second-degree murder for killing his wife and their unborn child. The jury deliberated for seven days.

Jurors took nearly 15 hours to find Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander.

Casey Anthony was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. The jury deliberated 10 hours and 40 minutes.

Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse after a jury deliberated for more than 20 hours over two days.

After almost 14 hours, jurors found Drew Peterson guilty in the death of fourth wife, Kathleen Savio.

The jury in the Conrad Murray trial found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson after about nine hours of jury deliberations.


Jurors from the second Phil Spector trial deliberated for 30 hours and convicted him of second-degree murder in the death of Lana Clarkson.



After four days of deliberations, the Menendez brothers were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for killing their parents.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. I remember when OJ Simpson was acquitted in a few hours

Johnny Cochrane said when he heard there was a verdict so quickly he was sure it was to convict, because short deliberations always mean convictions - he was utterly shocked when it turned out to be to acquit.

[TorchTheWitch]

6. I'd have to say other

If they continue deliberating for an extraordinary length of time then they're having a problem getting on the same page. On the other hand, I would expect that they'd be out for at least a couple of days to go over all the evidence. Juries don't like to be hung. If they're having a problem getting on the same page then there is at least one person that's REALLY adamant about whatever side they're on. Generally though, they prefer to come to a decision than hang and will take as long as they think that will take unless and until none of them feel that any more deliberating will do any good.

I don't think this jury will hang. I believe they'll come to some agreement whatever that is in a reasonable amount of time.

[longship]

7. I think there is no connection at all.

Unless one wants to invoke confirmation bias about some anecdotal story about this case or that case.

It's like people who work in a hospital emergency room on a particularly difficult night. Some doctor or nurse will say, "Helluva night. Must be a full moon." The thing is, if it isn't a full moon everybody kind of forgets it. But if the moon happens to be full, everybody will see that night as confirmation of their built in belief in a full moon effect.

In fact, such an effect is illusory.

That's the same as jury predictions. There's no telling what will happen in Florida based on how long or short the jury deliberates.