Posted on 03/03/2007 1:56:15 PM PST by STARWISE
WASHINGTON - Notes from the jury deliberating the fate of ex-White House aide Lewis (Scooter) Libby gave a hint there might be one or two holdouts on a conviction.
"We would like clarification of the term 'reasonable doubt,'" the jury wrote to U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton on the eighth day of deliberations. "Is it necessary for the government to present evidence that it is not humanly possible for someone not to recall an event in order to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?"
The notes from the 11 jurors weighing the fate of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, which they sent before leaving early for their weekend break, implied there was a conflict, an expert said.
"It sounds like a minority - one or more - are digging in their heels and saying the government has to prove guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt," said Solomon Wisenberg, a deputy of Clintons prober Kenneth Starr.
If a single juror balks at convicting Libby, who is accused of lying to investigators probing who leaked CIA spy Valerie Plame's identity, the judge will declare a mistrial and prosecutors could retry him.
Wisenberg said the government is not required to prove guilt with 100% certainty.
The jury also asked Walton if all of Libby's grand jury testimony has to be examined to find him guilty of obstructing justice.
Hinting at deadlock? What was the crime?
Yes :-)
In other words, it's both.
Yea, suppose they prove guilt at 72% ...Good enough?
Must be about 9 or 10 moonbats on the jury and one or two reasonable people. What reasonable person would convict someone of not remembering unimportant and irrelevant facts. Make someone do hard time for a faulty memory, This is insane.
I'm assuming because of the minutiae contained in the details .. and it's all Fitz's fault. The charges are so skewed and facts so vague and abstract ... not to mention the referral letter from the CIA is being kept from Scooter .. they've been handed a bowl full of jello and being asked to section it off and pick them up in clean pieces.
I don't think it can be done, but they can come to a point where they're plain over the edge with fatigue and frustration.
I'm thinking it all comes down right now to the spine of the doubter(s) ... pray they have the fortitude to hold out for what's right.
All matters before the court are part of the public proceedings .. including their questions and what he answers, if anything, and live bloggers are reporting from the courtroom.
It sounds like the jury is hinting at acquittal.
And pray.
Exactly how I feel. The whole thing is insane.
Thanks.
Great description of their task...
jello!! LOL
I would be kicked off that jury for sure.
I could not keep myself from coming home at night or weekend and searching this forum for information on the case.
It is a fact beyond doubt that the ability to recall every event that happens to a person is not a normal human ability. It would be impossible for a prosecutor to prove otherwise.
I hope you are convinced he is guilty.
Prayers continue. Fervently.
As I, and we ALL should be.
"It sounds like the jury is hinting at acquittal."
Really? I hope so.
To me both questions seem to be implying they are ready to convict with the exception of two or three people.
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