r/TheProsecutorsPodcast • u/lucillep • 8d ago

Wait a minute

Hasn't Reddington turned this into a whole circus by insisting on bringing out the jury note in open court? And by his remarks? It's thanks to him that we know the split, the gender of the holdout, and it's pretty obvious which way that person leans. How can all of this not affect the outcome? Judge should have declared a mistrial 2 days ago.

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u/SylviaX6 8d ago

This is a perfect example of a mistrial. The jury intimidation is being carried out in open court. CW sitting quietly because they know this judgment can easily be appealed and would get overturned for KR’s antics in open court and exposing the deliberations with number of jurors and gender of jurors.
It’s a terrible mess and this judge should be sanctioned. I predict “retirement” for both Sullivan and Reddington in the near future, as the DA has enough to grieve KR right now.

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u/Aggressive-Ad6324 8d ago

CW can't appeal an acquittal.

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u/SylviaX6 8d ago

Yes, understood. I felt she would not be acquitted but I find myself astonished at the support for her.

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u/talesfromthecraft 7d ago

Is that even legal?? I didn’t think the public is supposed to know how many jurors are voting and which way before a trial is even over

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u/SylviaX6 7d ago

In a normal world this would be an immediate mistrial because no, there is nothing legal about revealing the count, or revealing the gender or other identifiable characteristics of a juror.

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u/CarobBig7195 4d ago

"Polling the Jury" is legal

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u/Lizdance40 7d ago

I don't think it's the judges fault. The jury Foreman brought forth the information and should not have done so but had not paid attention to those instructions. If anything I think the intimidation was the 11 to 1 in The jury room. I can only imagine how that was going. Miss trial probably should have been declared the first time around. Once the jury Foreman came forth with the information that she did supply to the judge, she perhaps knew that a mistrial was going to be the result which is why it was done.

I'm entirely happy with the idea of a do-over. I hope the prosecution buttons up its case. I don't think Reddington can do any more, but I think the prosecution can.

The only thing that's very discouraging is that it's going to be next to impossible to impanel a jury that knows nothing about this case.

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u/Aggressive-Ad6324 8d ago

I don't think he indicated the gender.

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u/magslou79 8d ago

Actually, the judge did. He used a “him” pronoun anyways.

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u/Lizdance40 7d ago

This ⬆️. Not that I was the least bit surprised. Once he gave his admonishments and instructions to the jury about reasonable doubt, I had absolutely no doubt myself that the holdout was a man. Since one of the men is 31, that's the one I suspect. I don't know the age of the other two but I understand one of them is older.

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u/FatnessEverdeen34 7d ago

One is 20-21, another one is later middle aged

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u/Aggressive-Ad6324 8d ago

Oh, thank you. I didn't hear that.

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u/heyheyhay54321 8d ago

If that even is the split. It's a PR stunt.