It’s not that black and white. The guy that killed my brother had overwhelming evidence against him. 11/12 jurors voted guilty at two trials (22/24 juries total). But both juror pools included one person who would never vote guilty on a fellow native.
Two hung juries, and my brother is still dead, and his murderer is still without consequence. A plea deal would have done a lot for closure in my family.
If the jury was not able to get a guilty verdict, that sucks, but that is the system working as intended.
it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer.
A plea deal would have done nothing except condemn a legally innocent person to a reduced prison sentence. The consequence of such actions just means that a bunch of people admit to crimes they didn’t commit because they feel backed into a corner.
It’s not that black and white. The guy that killed my brother had overwhelming evidence against him. 11/12 jurors voted guilty at two trials (22/24 juries total). But both juror pools included one person who would never vote guilty on a fellow native.
Two hung juries, and my brother is still dead, and his murderer is still without consequence. A plea deal would have done a lot for closure in my family.
If the jury was not able to get a guilty verdict, that sucks, but that is the system working as intended.
A plea deal would have done nothing except condemn a legally innocent person to a reduced prison sentence. The consequence of such actions just means that a bunch of people admit to crimes they didn’t commit because they feel backed into a corner.