Re: With any luck...

On 5/30/2024 2:21 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Thu, 30 May 2024 11:31:44 -0400, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 5/28/24 2:26 PM, trotsky wrote:

With any luck Trump will be found guilty on all counts today. We've
waited long enough.

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Maybe Friday... today is really doubtful.  I expect he might be guilty
on some counts, and skate on others.
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But you never know what a jury will do.  Hung juries aren't like you see
on Teevee.
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It's pretty rare... about 6% of the juries hang.  Convictions are more
than 10 times that.

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Am surprised the conviction rate isn't much higher - prosecutors have
control over what cases go to trial and which don't and especially in
major (aka "high profile") trials make darned sure they feel they've
"got the goods" before proceeding to trial.

 These are the instances that to juries.