Probably impossible to get a unanimous verdict for manslaughter.
Regardless, jury nullification cuts both ways.
A lot of people at Free Republic support the idea that child molesters can be lawfully murdered by parents or vigilantes or prison inmates.
But, if we support that conduct, how can we then respond in good conscience when laws that Conservatives support are nullified by judges and juries of our political opponents?
Judges aren’t juries.
I’ve also heard some Freepers say that their were such accusations for a reason, say in a divorce preceeding.
Because this isn’t so much a left/right political issue. This is a gut level case of a jury upholding the community standard. Its a moral judgment that the perp deserves what he got.
When extremely partisan judges and the 93% to 5% DC Swamp jury pool ignores the law and/or makes judgments they know are dishonest FOR POLITICALLY PARTISAN REASONS like they’ve done numerous times, that truly does undermine faith in the rule of law and invites retaliation in a way that refusing to convict this mother who struck down the disgusting pedophile who harmed her daughter does not.