I was expecting the jury to return a unanimous decision by Friday afternoon last week! It was originally envisaged that the trial might last 3 1/2 months, but the prosecution deliberately reduced the amount of witnesses called in order to rely heavily on the forensic evidence. Similarly, the defence only put Huntley and Carr into the witness box.
I could not imagine how 12 reasonable jurors could not agree on a verdict in quick time, however, one juror persistently argued that neither was guilty of the charges laid against them!!
Was this person sleeping through the trial?
Eventually the judge recalled the jury and instructed them to return a majority decision (11-1). The other 11 obviously tried to persuade the remaining one of the guilt of both parties but to no avail! It still took another three hours before they reached a decision.
I find it worrying in the least that this one person appears to be as weird, twisted, and "flakey" as Huntley himself .
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