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I would question this assertion.

You ask us to assume too much that is up for grabs.

Maybe I'm just reading too much of my opinion into what I think a majority here feel about DW's guilt or innocence. Or maybe those who feel he is innocent are the loudest or most frequest posters to these threads.

Maybe I should revise the question slightly.

How's this...

If the jury finds DW not guilty of the charges related to the abduction and murder of DVD. Then how do you think the jury should find on the child porn charges?

Or maybe those who feel he is innocent are the loudest or most frequest posters to these threads.

I would venture that this is the answer, imo.

As to the child porn, I don't know without seeing the evidence (thank heaven).

It will be interesting if anyone on the jury decides to share some insights with the public after their service is over.

Then he has been massively overpunished for that misdemanor already by being put on trial for his life, pain and suffering, massive financial loss of legal fees, loss of professional earnings, loss of reputation, and a hundred others.

He should still sue San Diego up the wazoo for conducting an illegal fishing expedition into his affairs just because he happened to live near where a crime happened.

They had no evidence of motive, and they took advantage of his good nature and willingness to help solve this high profile case.

Then how do you think the jury should find on the child porn charges?

They could (not should) find him guilty, and sentence him to time already served.

As to your assumption that a majority on FR believe DAW is not guilty of the murder:

This is just one of several discussion forums about this, on the internet. The regulars on FR are a "self selected" group, and you are correct in your assumption that the majority believe him to be not guilty.

However the same is not so, on other discussion forums, where on some a majority think DAW is guilty. Few forums equal the attention to every detail, that one finds on FR, which is what all twelve jurors will need to be willing to trudge through, for a Not Guilty verdict.

It remains to be seen, how the jury will decide, and that is WHAT MATTERS MOST. A lot of the FR regulars are certain the verdict SHOULD BE Not Guilty.

My prediction is:

Acquittal, 10% (all twelve jurors with at least Reasonable Doubt)
Conviction, 30% (all twelve jurors with no Reasonable Doubt)
Hung jury, 60% (all twelve jurors cannot agree on either of the above)

FWIW, indicating a high probability for a lot of unhappy FR regulars. Unless Acquitted, Feldman (or the next attorney) will appeal all sorts of things. If a Hung jury, it is anybody's bet, but the odds are for another trial for DAW.

It could drag on for years, raising the (unlikely) discovery of the "real killer" or a plea bargain by DAW. Remember those pesky motions by Feldman, sealed until appeal ('...if I did it, I was drunk...')? Who knows? Reality can have a hard bite to it.

I believe DAW is probably guilty, but it has NOT been proven to me, beyond a reasonable doubt. (I could change my mind, based on remaining arguments and closing statements.)