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To: BlackVeil

“Six months after a jury convicted Horner in a verdict that was not unanimous, he asked the Oregon Innocence Project for help. The group took up his case.”

How do you get convicted in a hung jury?


5 posted on 09/10/2018 10:45:54 PM PDT by mindburglar (I like spelling it Lazers. It looks cooler.)
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To: mindburglar

In some jurisdictions, a majority verdict is all that is needed.


9 posted on 09/10/2018 10:56:35 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: mindburglar
From another source: "The case went to trial in March 2017 and resulted in a a non-unanimous verdict. Oregon is one of just two states where juries can issue non-unanimous verdicts, except in murder cases."

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Joshua Horner with his wife Kelli Horner after a hearing in Bend, Ore. on Sept. 10, 2018.

10 posted on 09/10/2018 10:58:58 PM PDT by conservative98
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