john60ri No harm, no foul.
I think Woodsy has very eliquently pointed out my position on what is being said regarding the issue and why I am taking the stand I am taking. I wasn't there and I have to rely on media coverage of the trial. There is no way in those few column inches that we got a true sense of the hours and days of testimony and evidence presented in the week long trail.
As I posted in the other thread on this topic, it was interesting to read the 4 different newspaper's coverage of the trial and see what they each reported, and did not report, in the same day's coverage.
Keep in mind that the prosecution has the option of re-trying her on the charges in which the jury could not reach a verdict. I predict that if the sentence is stiff there will be no retrial, but if the prosecutor is not satisfied with the sentence there will be a retrial.
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If there's an appeal (and I'd expect one) we'll have transcripts of exactly what went on—eventually.
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I could be wrong but I'd be willing to bet that the transcript is available right now. Unless things in the NH court system are very different from elsewhere, those transcripts are the property of the court reporter (stenographer). He or she makes them available to anyone, for a price. So you can have them now if you want them.
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Having served on a jury many times over the years I can say with confidence that the jury did NOT hear unfiltered evidence, they never do. The jury hears what the judge allows after the numerous bench conferences and chamber conferences where both sides argue over what should be admitted. Granted, the jury may have heard more that what was reported by the press but they also heard LESS than what was reported by the press.
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Having served on a jury myself, they take the duty very seriously including the fact that the state must prove its case, the defense does not have to prove anything. The jury hears what is allowed by law for them to hear while those of us that are not sitting on the jury have the luxury of listening and reading all kinds of speculative theorys.