The first case that will be heard among the five that Donald Trump faces will be on Oct. 2, 2023, in Manhattan. But it won't be before a jury. NBC News reported this weekend about the length of the upcoming Trump trials. But buried in the report was the revelation that Trump's lawyers checked the bo...
Do we feel better about one person deciding Trumps guilt or 12?
The judge in this case is absolutely fed up with Trump’s bullshit. I think he might be in trouble. He might actually lose his NY properties.
With a jury of 12 people, you could still have 1 person decide Trump’s guilt. Say the trial ends and the jury goes to deliberate. 11 people say he’s guilty. 1 guy says Not Guilty and refuses to budge no matter what. That one holdout could decide whether or not Trump is found guilty - even if it’s because the holdout is a hardcore MAGA fan that got onto the jury.
Those jury selection hearings would’ve been entertaining though. With the attorneys trying to quickly sort out who is a maggot and who isn’t and squabbling over it.
It would result in a hung jury and a mistrial.
Which would likely result in retrial, not letting trump off the hook. (It is possible the judge lets it drop? But unlikely.)
Problem is that retrials vastly favor the defendant, because now they have the prosecutors arguments as well as the evidence and it becomes easier to tailor the defense.
Meh. There’s not much in the way of a real defense- that’s kind of Trump’s problem. they have him basically stone-cold.
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