Stole this from another board......
"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, “whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,” and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever." ~ John Adams
Right or wrong you have respect the jurors....they had to make a decision based on the facts that were presented to them..and in the vast, vast majority of cases...they get it right. Not every time, as they are human as we all are. But, I really doubt they just ignored evidence, or had made up their minds beforehand. They most simply could not convict her on the evidence presented to them. They may even believe that she was most likely quilty. But thankfully and hopefully, they didn't judge by what they felt but took ther jobs seriously, like most of us would do.
"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, “whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,” and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever." ~ John Adams
Right or wrong you have respect the jurors....they had to make a decision based on the facts that were presented to them..and in the vast, vast majority of cases...they get it right. Not every time, as they are human as we all are. But, I really doubt they just ignored evidence, or had made up their minds beforehand. They most simply could not convict her on the evidence presented to them. They may even believe that she was most likely quilty. But thankfully and hopefully, they didn't judge by what they felt but took ther jobs seriously, like most of us would do.