u/noisey_neighbor

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Judge told us we got the verdict wrong. Is this normal after a trial

I was part of a 12 person jury that returned a not guilty verdict on one of the several counts the defendant was charged with. The others being guilty.

After the verdict was read and the jury polled we were taken back to the deliberation room and told the judge would be right down to talk with us. He thanked us for our service and then asked how we came up with the verdict because we got it dead wrong and admonished us for a bit before leaving. Then the defence council and the prosecutor came by to talk with us to ask how we reached our conclusion and what they should have done differently.

Is that a normal thing after a jury trial? Just seems odd the judge would tell us are wrong when a few days before we were told we are the fact finders and whatever we decided is the correct choice.

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u/noisey_neighbor — 9 days ago