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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 still deadlocked. they spent a lot of time since that reconstruction was issued from the court. the...

>> 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 didn't feel comfortable before coming to the court and reaching a verdict. the feeling among defense counsel is that it often tends to favor the prosecution. but it's not clear here. it's possible the jury may have sent a note t...