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Maybe 48 hours later she realizes that they are truly stuck. >> at the possibility. the defense counsel universally hates that re-instruction, because they feel that it puts pressure on a jury that has already indicated they are uncomfortable with reaching a final verdict. particularly if you only have a couple people on the fence, that could be a lot of pressure when the judge says to go back and try again, but all judges do that. all of them issue that instruction. it is possible that they are...

>> is a criminal defense attorney, i had the same reaction as her counsel when the judge reread the instructions to the jury, when the deadlocked. that you have to go back in and try to reach a verdict. that re-instruction happens in virtually all cases. but it tends to really grate on defense counsel, it tends to push a jury to reach a verdict even though they clearly didnt feel comfortable before coming to the court and reaching a verdict. the feeling among defense counsel is that it often ten...