Blake found not guilty.

[XanaDUer]

11 to 1.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

1. you're kidding me, right?

that was 11 not quilty. Wait, 11 to 1 is a hung jury isnt' it? What the heck happened. Come back XanaDUer!

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[XanaDUer]

2. No, and it's shocking.

His story, (and I tend towards great sympathy for the defense) was unbelivable.

Oh well.

[Bunny]

3. He was found not guilty of first degree murder and not guilty of

solicitation to murder. They jury was hung 11-1 not guilty on the count of lying in wait.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

4. whoa

If you're not guilty of first, not guilty to solicit, then where the hell did they get hung up on lying in wait. That makes NO sense.
Wow.

edited for dumb spelling mistake

[Bunny]

5. Weird. But the talking heads aren't really discussing that.

Apparently the prosecution has also dropped the charge that the jury was hung on, so there will be no retrial on that.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

6. well. I can't second guess the jury.

They were there & I wasn't. I watched every minute of the OJ trial (when it was over I was looking for a 12-step program) & I would have voted the same way the jury did. I got so sick of explaining that to people who only repeated what they heard on the nightly news. Yeah, the trial day lasts like 8 hours, the news gives it 30 seconds. Truly fair & balanced.

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[Bunny]

7. It's interesting that you say that. During the OJ trial, I didn't watch

a single moment of the proceedings. I got my daily news blurb from the networks, or cable news, and truly believed that he was guilty. I was astonished when he was acquitted. It wasn't until I came to DU four years ago, and started reading about it from posters here who I respect, that I came to realize there's way more to the story than what I was fed on the nightly news. I still believe that he probably did it, but it seems that the jury had to reach their verdict on the evidence presented, and that the prosecution really screwed it up.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

8. even Lawrence shilling? Schiller? I can't think of his last name

said he would have voted the same way. & Jeffrey Toobin, who was a federal prosecutor (hardly a bleeding liberal type) said there was plenty for the jury to acquit on.

The polls done after showed the majority of whites thought he was guilty, the majority of blacks thought he was innocent & the ones who actually watched the trial much more evenly split though tending toward acquittal. A friend who watched the whole thing & I were talking & we both mentioned that at times when watching the news we thought they were talking about another OJ trial or something. The papers did a better job, but not as many people get their news from newspapers. The same friend & I were talking to another friend who had followed the case on the news. This friend would say something like "the prosecution proved" & I would say "well, no they didn't, yadda, yadda, yadda." & he would then say "well, the prosecution proved" & my friend & I would set him straight. He's a very intelligent guy & there's nothing wrong with his hearing, the news just skewed it toward the prosecutions side.

BTW, I think OJ did it too, but I'm damned if I can figure out what he did with the knife, clothes, etc.

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[johnnie]

9. I have to say that I thought he was innocent

I just felt that he didn't kill her. I hope the jury did the right thing here, and I hope Robert Blake can move on with his life.