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The Paul Manafort Trial: (Update): Guilty of 8 Charges, Remaining 10 Charges Deadlocked
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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"Brad's a real asshole. Do we really have to spend all this time with him?"
The jury holdout is a Pop-ERA member:
"Before we can settle on a verdict on the final count, we need to know: did Post Malone make it down safely? And what does Nicki Minaj have in her butt?"
"Before we can settle on a verdict on the final count, we need to know: did Post Malone make it down safely? And what does Nicki Minaj have in her butt?"
the answer to your last question, i believe, is cupcakes
The Special Counsel's Office is prosecuting Manafort, so that's just "the prosecution".
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8 of 18 makes me think this is gonna be a while
That's how this works
That's how this works
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If it's guilty on 8, and hung on 10, he's still going to jail for a long time. He just might get out one day when he's 90.
I don't know much about US law, but do they need a consensus? Is it not a guilty/not guilty by majority vote among the jury?
What? No. That's not how it works. Manafort still gets sentenced for 8 of the charges, which is still lotsa jail. The remaining charges might get a new trial, if the prosecution wants a go, though.
Jesus fucking Christ, this judge is a fucking idiot. Why did you let these jurors go home?! Fucking idiot.
Well whatever. Maybe the next judge will actually FUCKING SEQUESTER them for the remaining 10.
I'm a little confused as to what you're asking, but I'm going to answer the question I *think* you're asking.
8/18 counts still means he gets sentenced for those 8 counts; in addition, unless the votes for the other charges are not guilty, those 10 charges can be used in sentencing.
It does not mean that he is acquitted on ALL counts, because each count is an individual charge.
That seems crazy.
If they're not finding a consensus on 10 charges, he'd most likely send them back to deliberate longer. Mistrial and hung jury are serious things that they want to avoid.
Edit: when I served on a jury, we were sent back twice after saying we couldn't get to a consensus. Then again, there was only one charge in our case.
I'm not talking about those 8 charges -- I'm talking about the 10 charges with hung jury, as my post clearly states.
https://www.quora.com/What-happens-...ding-even-if-they-are-hung-on-the-rest-of-the