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I’m angry for Karen Read. The court should have been more forthcoming. As a layperson who has served on a jury, I wouldn’t know to ask or think to—especially with how off-handed Bev was. Also, her instructions were over an hour long. I would not have been able to follow that personally. The court seemed to bend over backwards for the protection of the case—without protecting Karen Read’s constitutional rights or her right to “innocent until proven guilty”

Juries don't know how things work so the court should be more responsible with holding their hands and be proactive in asking these questions to ensure everyone is on the same page.

And I wonder if the judge’s verbal instruction that they should consider Karen guilty if her actions LEAD to John’s death, so the jury MIGHT consider her guilty because she dropped him off. Which is ridiculous.

I’m not a lawyer but as a “ jury person “ I thought Judge Bev said don’t fill out the jury slip until they finish all. This is a Judge issue not a jury issue. In my opinion.

I honestly think if the CW doesn’t dismiss the charges, and if the judge doesn’t hold a hearing, the jurors will go to the media - likely as a cohesive unit. I know I would.

Everyone is presuming these ordinary citizens understood the nuances of trial procedure and law. They THOUGHT they would be sent back because they EXPECTED the judge to make the inquiry as to where they were. To penalize the defendant because the ordinary citizen didn’t understand the unwritten rules (unwritten for them) is a travesty.

So lemme get this right...the commonwealth is saying that the defense waived their right by not asking for the jury to be asked about the split/polling the jury BUT ALSO states that doing that exact thing is coercion and isn't allowed...

I think Bev created an environment where the jurors didn’t feel comfortable asking. He strict time cut offs and the semi-condescending way she spoke to the jurors made it feel like, to me, that no one should speak unless spoken to. The attorneys have dealt with it and even they were hesitant at times.

But bev TOLD them not to give anyone OR even her her ANY information about count until they were unanimous. She did not say unanimous on all or some but they were following those instructions.

The fact that Yanetti asked for a hung jury to be announced, doesn't mean that defense didn't want/expect a judge to poll on charges. Bev just said "mistrial" and sent off the jury. ???