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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 04 2012 @ 01:27 PM EDT |
The jury instructions were clear on that. They were not to communicate to the
judge what any vote counts were, only ask questions. Even if they have come to a
unanimous conclusion, that's all they are supposed to communicate to the judge,
that they had a unanimous conclusion, not what that conclusion was. They are
only supposed to reveal their verdict in court with both parties (or at least
their lawyers) present. Or if they were deadlocked, they weren't allowed to
reveal what the counts were until after they had been discharged.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 04 2012 @ 01:42 PM EDT |
In my experience the Judge only gets the final document at the end of
deliberations. Often the judge will query the jury one by one verbally to
confirm the various counts in court. (Which is nail biting for jurors as
someone could change their mind at the last minute.) The jury and the judge
never speak directly. It's all notes to the judge, and either written or verbal
instructions back. You aren't suppose to talk about the case outside the jury
room. (Even at lunch with fellow jurors.) So I'm pretty sure the Judge doesn't
know where the jury is.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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