Any word on a jury count in the Michael Dunn case yet?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

My guess is that there wasn't more than one or two holdouts on the Jordan Davis murder charge.

[Sheldon Cooper]

1. I would love to know, and I'd like to know the racial breakdown as well.

I think I read that there were at least two black women on the panel.

[sked14]

2. Here's the racial breakdown.

Four white females, two black females, four white males, an Asian female and a Hispanic male, plus four alternates.

[Sheldon Cooper]

3. Thanks!

Only one-third of the jury is non-white. Hmmmmm...

[Hoyt]

4. I hope a few jurors give their side of this. It's hard to believe even a gun-loving Klansman

could hold out on with the evidence in this case. Dunn left/fled the scene, ate pizza, had drinks, made up some BS, fired 10 times at the van. Only a racist could believe Dunn feared for his life. I hope there is something going on that we aren't considering since they did convict Dunn of the other counts. At least he can't parade around like poor, pitiful Zimmerman. I hope he's retried for the family's sake.

[sked14]

5. I'm with you on this.

I hope one or two jurors will come out and tell us what went on in the jury room,
my theory is, and it's only a theory since we weren't there, that one or two may have been holding out for 1st murder and couldn't be swayed while the others wanted either 2nd murder or manslaughter.
I'm not too worried, the state has already said they'll retry him on the murder charge and more than likely get it's conviction.

[bettyellen]

10. the jurors directly asked the judge if they could consider self defense for all the shootings, and

they were told they could not- hence the verdicts reached on the lesser charges. Some juror stuck with self defense for the murder part, so there was no reason to split hairs over murder one or two. At least one juror was pushing for acquittal on all charges- it's part of the court record.

[Diamonique]

7. A gun-loving Klansman...

... would have no problem overlooking the evidence and holding out for a not guilty verdict. The victim was black after all. I don't think a racist would necessarily believe that Dunn was afraid for his life. But they would certainly use that excuse to find him not guilty.

[Laurian]

6. I am hopeful that the African American jurors and others "held their ground"

for conviction at the first or second degree level while others wanted to go with a lesser charge. There may have been someone who wasn't willing to convict at all, but I'm wondering if it wasn't a more complicated situation that led to the hung jury.

I'm very curious and hope that the hung jury was a result of some saying enough of this SYG bullshit.

[Diamonique]

8. I am hopeful of that too...

As a matter of fact, I'm 90% sure that someone wanted not guilty and the others thankfully did hold their ground. I'm as sure as anyone can be without hearing from the jurors anyway.

I keep thinking about the Zimmerman juror who wanted a guilty verdict and eventually caved. After it was over she said she still felt that he was guilty. She should have stood her ground.

[rgbecker]

9. Could the jury have found guilty of 2nd murder, or was the only option 1st?

I seem to remember that the option of what the charge is, is up to only the prosecutor and the jury can only decide guilty or not.

[bettyellen]

11. 1st, 2nd, manslaughter or acquittal. someone had them ask the judge if they could find for self defe

defense on all charges. That was not part of Dunn's defense for shooting at the fleeing car- so they were told they could not find for self defense on all charges, just the murder. That was a couple of hours before the verdict. There you go.