SteveForever wrote:bluejeangirl76 wrote:SteveForever wrote:and...the jurors don't wanna talk, wonder why? under Jedi mind tricks obviously!
I wouldn't expect them to talk - obviously their verdict is not approved of by most, and they have to think about their own safety. I wouldn't be talking either.
Frankly I'm always surprised when any juror does talk after long case like that, regardless of the verdict they handed down. When I did it, I came out of the elevator bank into the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Building (same place the Blagojevich drama went down last week) and there were media everywhere (it wasn't the biggest case, but around here it was definitely getting news). In this case though, we did give the verdict that "the people" wanted. And man, they descended on us like nothing I've experienced before... and when they tried to get me for comment, I just wanted no part of it. I and the others did what we did and that was it, and I didn't care to have my name and face all over the news for it. Only one of us 12 gave them a comment and later that night he was on the news. After such a long, tiring deal, you just don't want that in your face the minute you come out of there.
I agree with you, its just that the whole world was watching this case and there seemed to be total injustice=we all wanted some reason try and understand. Of course they are not going to talk=unless its for money later.
That's what I'm afraid of. Tactless. I could never do it. The case I was on, quite some time after it was over and he was convicted and sentenced, there was a Dateline special about the whole case, in full awful detail, and at one point they were talking about the trial part, and the State's Attorney mentioned a few things about the jury and it was the weirdest feeling, hearing it talked about on tv... I don't know how jurors on these super high profile things deal with it.
Having been through it, it makes me really wonder how they came to the verdicts that they did and what they all feel like now, amid the backlash. I can see how they would fail to nail her on the murder charge (not saying I don't think she did it - I do - but I can see why she wasn't convicted) , but it's pretty clear she was at least guilty on the neglect part, and I just don't get how 12 people all agreed to let that one go. I really don't know how they got together in that room and agreed that she wasn't at least indirectly responsible for the death by way of neglecting the child.