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Inside the jury room: The verdict

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Question 1:

The judge has his own rule that both closing arguments needed to on the same day. We went over the jury instructions, and then heard closing statements. Which attorney chose to make some rather harsh, and unnecessary personal comments?

The defense attorney

The plaintiff's attorney

Question 2:

Since this was a civil case, no one was going to get the chair, rather, the plaintiff expected some cash. In his closing statement, he referred to 2 monetary awards, one against the police involved, and one against the cities. How much did he want?

From the police, nothing, from the cities, a settlement in the 7 figures

From the police, a settlement in the 4 figures, from the cities, a settlement in the 6 figures

Question 3:

About noon both attorney's finished, so we went back to our jury room to reach a verdict. We ate our box lunches, picked a foreperson, and went over the jury form we had. Most of the jurors had an opinion by this point, which was?

	The plaintiff's hadn't proven their case			The defendants were guilty

	All the money is the world wouldn't be enough to give the the victim of this terrible tragedy

Question 4:

We return to the courtroom, about 2.5 hours after beginning deliberations. You always hear that's not a good sign for someone. The plaintiff wasn't in court to hear the verdict. There was a bit of suspense, during the jury polling, when one juror said?

	I disagree with the verdict			I'm going to write a book about this trial

	I love one of the defendants

Question 5:

After the verdict was announced the judge came into the jury room and talked with us about the case. We learned lots of juicy details. Which of the yummy details below was NOT withheld form the jury?

	The police had been to the property several hundred times before this incident			The now-deceased plaintiff most likely killed himself in a meth lab explosion about 1 year after the incident took place

	The plaintiff's attorney filed a motion to stop the defense attorney from saying he went to Harvard			2 George Bush's have been president