Which is the last, desperate hope the court has.
That’s all anyone can do.
I got sworn in with those words literally hundreds of times and kept the oath.
One, because there’s absolutely no upside to breaking it.
And because jobs are on the line.
Anyone interfering with a deliberating jury is committing career suicide, even if it’s a shoplifting case.
Crying jurors don’t lie.
So this hammer drops in the middle of yet another few days of insanity.
And this circus had enough bizarre subplots for a thousand criminal trials.
I know for sure it will have just as many insults.
Just spell my last name right, if you don’t mind.
All of which leaves us here:
This is the worst possible, least satisfying outcome.
By which I mean, no outcome at all.
Only to have it end in a tie.
And the only solution is to go back to the first day of OTAs and start over.
The Commonwealth will most likely decide to go back to Square One.
Start the prosecution over.
Summon a fresh pool of jurors, and proceed as if this never happened.
We’ll probably find out.
I mean, there’s always the possibility they’ll drop the charges.
We’ll soon find out.
I’ll just end with this.
But I’m going to suggest you don’t.
But venture to keep in mind, they didn’t sign up for this.
Like John Rambo, we asked them, they didn’t ask us.
My experience has been that 100% of them take their duty seriously.
They might not want to have been selected, but they do have reverence for the process.
No one’s halfassing it.
It’s grim responsibility, and they venture to do their due diligence.
And you could scream about how awful the system is and demand it be changed.
But that’s ignoring a few facts.
One, that it’s still the best criminal justice system ever devised by mankind.
And three, the system is only as good as the people who get picked for a jury.
All human beings are flawed.
And a lot imbeciles get summoned for jury duty too.
It only takes one.
These posts have been a ton of work.
And I very much appreciate all the feedback I’ve been getting.
We’ll see where this goes from here.
And like I’ve been saying from the beginning: Stay tuned.
