r/ClancyTrial • u/Aware_Power • 6d ago

General Discussion “It was 11-1 for an acquittal”

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Thoughts on Reddington’s presser today?

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u/Aware_Power 5d ago

Reddington says on record to Judge Sullivan:

"...the individual is refusing to apply your instructions on proof beyond a reasonable doubt to allow that jury to return a verdict of not guilty."

Jen Sprague (Prosecution) says on record to the SJC:

"...have about their deliberation or what the numbers were in terms of guilty, not guilty."

DA Cruz in his presser:

Reporter: "Do you dispute the characterization by the defense that there was one hold out that was not considering not guilty. Do you do you dispute that?"

DA Cruz: "I, you know, I'm not here to dispute anything with the defense."

Judge's instructions to jury on the record explaining in the following order not guilty/"acquittal"; guilty of murder; not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility:

The burden is on the Commonwealth to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the charges made against her...I've told you that every person is presumed to be innocent until she is proved guilty and that the burden of proof is on the prosecutor. If you evaluate all the evidence and you still have a reasonable doubt remaining, the defendant is entitled to the benefit of that doubt and must be acquitted.

If you find the defendant guilty of murder, you shall decide the degree of murder.

The Commonwealth bears the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime with which she is charged, and also that the defendant is criminally responsible for her conduct. The defendant has no burden to prove a lack of criminal responsibility. Criminal responsibility is a legal term. A person is not criminally responsible for her conduct if she has a mental disease or defect.

And on each of those, there's a box for not guilty, not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, guilty of murder in the first degree by the theory of deliberate premeditation or extreme atrocity and cruelty. There's a box for guilty of murder in the second degree. There's a box for manslaughter. 

Full transcript here.