THE RULE OF THUMB IS THAT A LONG DELIBERATION MEANS A "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT...
USUALLY THERE IS ONE OR TWO HOLD OUTS THAT NEED TO BE BEATEN DOWN...
SOMETIMES THEY HOLD OUT AND WILL NOT BUDGE...AND THEN THE JURY IS HUNG...
BUT THE SILENCE OF THIS JURY SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT IT IS A NOT GUILTY VERDICT THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON...
A HUNG JURY USUALLY HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS... OR COMES OUT AND SAYS...THERE AN ASSHOLE HERE WHO IS NOT COOPERATING...THIS CAUSES THE JUDGE TO GIVE A "DYNAMITE CHARGE"...AND SAY WORK ON IT...RESPECT EACH OTHERS VIEWS...ETC ETC...
WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT HERE...!! SO THIS JURY IS THINKING "BOOK DEAL" OR SOME OTHER MOTIVE...
CLEARLY, THESE FOLKS LIKE THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME AND THEIR FREE MEALS ...!
SOME PROBABLY THINK A LONG DELIBERATION WILL MEAN A "BOOK DEAL" ....OR A TV SEGMENT...OR PERHAPS A MOVIE DEAL....? YOU NEVER KNOW...BUT MOST JURIES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO BEFORE THE DELIBERATIONS START...
THIS JURY IS ON SOME OTHER TRIP... BUT IT WILL BE A NOT GUILTY TRIP IN THE END...
ANOTHER RULE OF THUMB IS THAT A NON-GUILTY JURY "LOOKS HAPPY" WENT THE COME BACK INTO THE COURTROOM TO DELIVER THEIR VERDICT...
AND A SAD OR GRIM JURY IS A "GUILTY" JURY... SO YOU CAN TELL WHAT THE VERDICT IS SLIGHTLY BEFORE ITS ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED... THE LAWYERS WILL BE KEYED INTO THIS...
CLEARLY BLAGO IS AN ASSHOLE...BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY INVOLVED HERE..SO IT WAS JUST POLITICS...
WHAT WAS LACKING IN THE BLAGO CASE WAS A "BAG OF CASH"....
IF THERE HAD BEEN A BAG OF CASH...THIS JURY WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK A WEEK AGO...
BLAGO IS INNOCENT...!!
IF THIS GOES ON MUCH LONGER...THE PROSECUTION WILL START FEELING LIKE SHIT...AND THE BLAGO TEAM WILL BE MORE UP BEAT.
