11-06-2010, 11:20 AM
there are ALWAYS one or two assholes on a jury. even 12 sometimes, as in oj's case.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- After a day of deliberations, jurors in the penalty phase of the Steven Hayes trial continued deliberating on Saturday.
While it is uncommon for jurors to deliberate on the weekends, Judge Jon Blue gave jurors deciding whether Hayes is sentenced to death the option to continue after a decision was not reached on Friday.
The jurors are now working to come to a verdict if Hayes should receive the death penalty.
After a full day of deliberating on Friday, jurors indicated they were split over factors which could keep Hayes off death row. The jurors wanted clarification on unanimous in regards to statutory mitigating factors. The foreman indicated jurors were divided 10 to two.
If one of those mitigating factors is found, for example, the claim that Hayes’ mental state was impaired during the home invasion, he would automatically get life in prison.
Blue told jurors they all needed to be in agreement and to continue deliberating.
edit: jurors did not come to a decision Sat., will return Sunday at 10 AM.
"This is the first time I cried in a while," said Hawke-Petit's sister, Cynthia Renn. "It's really hard to go home with this being unresolved. I wish we could have seen conclusion, but there will be one way or not."
Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor of the attack, said Saturday that he is completely exhausted.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- After a day of deliberations, jurors in the penalty phase of the Steven Hayes trial continued deliberating on Saturday.
While it is uncommon for jurors to deliberate on the weekends, Judge Jon Blue gave jurors deciding whether Hayes is sentenced to death the option to continue after a decision was not reached on Friday.
The jurors are now working to come to a verdict if Hayes should receive the death penalty.
After a full day of deliberating on Friday, jurors indicated they were split over factors which could keep Hayes off death row. The jurors wanted clarification on unanimous in regards to statutory mitigating factors. The foreman indicated jurors were divided 10 to two.
If one of those mitigating factors is found, for example, the claim that Hayes’ mental state was impaired during the home invasion, he would automatically get life in prison.
Blue told jurors they all needed to be in agreement and to continue deliberating.
edit: jurors did not come to a decision Sat., will return Sunday at 10 AM.
"This is the first time I cried in a while," said Hawke-Petit's sister, Cynthia Renn. "It's really hard to go home with this being unresolved. I wish we could have seen conclusion, but there will be one way or not."
Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor of the attack, said Saturday that he is completely exhausted.