Jury debated 45 minutes before finding Murdaugh guilty.

[Cattledog]

Now that's swift justice.

[FBaggins]

2. 15 min restroom break...

15 min to make sure everyone’s name was spelled correctly… 15 min to fill out the paperwork.

Actual deliberation 12.4 seconds

[ProfessorGAC]

4. I Was On A Jury...

...in March of 2020.
They picked me as foreperson, and I just went around the table. Never offered my opinion, just managed the conversation. I could tell in 3 minutes where thus was going. 5-7 more minutes and I asked "Did the prosecution even prove there was a crime?" Got 11 head shakes.
I took ONE vote. 12-0 not guilty.
Called the bailiff, she gives us the form, we sign it. It was 10 minutes total.
The only reason we stayed in the room another 5 or 6 minutes was waiting for the judge & lawyers to get back in the courtroom.
I'd say under 20 from judge's instructions to "case diskissed" was 22 minutes.

[PJMcK]

3. I was on a criminal trial jury a couple of years ago

The prosecution’s case was very weak. The police officer who testified for the prosecution was obviously lying. The law that the defendant was charged with was a terrible law that conflated a tool with a weapon.

The trial took 2 1/2 days. We voted to acquit in less than 10 minutes. The prosecutor was stunned, the defense lawyer was fantastic and saved the man from an unjust law.

In the jury room, you’re supposed to use your common sense. Thankfully, that’s what happened in the Murdoch trial.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. See My Post Above You

Same situation. I told the prosecutor afterwards that he didn't even prove there was a crime committed, let alone that the guy on trial did it.
Also a very weak case. I'm surprised there was an indictment.

[PJMcK]

6. Doesn't it make you feel a little good?

Your jury, like mine, prevented a mis-carriage of Justice.

The system actually works, sometimes.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. For Sure!

I'm surprised the prosecutor would risk the hit on their conviction record on so thin a beef.
Yet, there we were.
I have NEVER had a "what if" moment over this. I was that certain we got it right.

[gratuitous]

8. I can just imagine

I didn't watch any of the trial footage, but I understand practically the first thing Murdaugh testified to was that he lied to the cops when they arrived on the scene. I can just imagine every juror in the jury box immediately thought, "Well, if he lied to the cops, is he lying to us?" Every attorney can recite the maxim, "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus." Murdaugh apparently didn't think the jury would apply it to him.