The jury I was on in MN had to acquit also due to utter lack of evidence. It was a case of a father allegedly sexually abusing his junior high age daughter.
My gut feeling says that we did the right thing. I don't think he was actually guilty. A nasty divorce was involved. The fact that there's no way of ever knowing for certain, however, makes me ill.
We all went out and drank heavily afterward. I hope I'm never on another jury again.
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Date: 2011-07-07 08:25 pm (UTC)My gut feeling says that we did the right thing. I don't think he was actually guilty. A nasty divorce was involved. The fact that there's no way of ever knowing for certain, however, makes me ill.
We all went out and drank heavily afterward. I hope I'm never on another jury again.