...that cops always tell the truth.

It's the main reason so few cops are convicted.

are called a blockbuster charge, or an Allen charge, at least in Texas.

It basically says you guys are wasting the time of all the people on the county payroll, not just the judge, and that if you guys stay deadlocked and declare a mistrial, we will have to start all over with a new jury hearing the exact same evidence, the implication being this trial will cost twice as much as it should have.

From what I heard they had some lesser included offenses like negligent manslaughter, which should be easy to prove. In that it wasn't necessarily what was done to him at first that would have killed him, that caused the whole body paralysis, that it was failure to do what needed to be done that would have been negligent manslaughter rather than intentional first degree murder. So at least that would be good to get a conviction of some sort for the prosecution.

And this is an example of why I have less than 0% faith in the Injustice system.

Would not be a problem if jury had an odd number of jurors and went with majority vote.
I Know. That is a privilege reserved for the elite (SCOTUS, US District Courts, etc.),
not for the peons who must "serve".

I'd prefer either 3-5 judge panels, or a pool of professional jurors made up of paralegals, retired attorneys, etc. So much time is wasted picking juries, and they bring external pressures to get back home, back to work, etc. I'm sure the desire not to be responsible for riots has to be in these folks minds.I'd prefer learned professionals made these decisions. I know - it's just me.

Are you fucking serious???

LOL

I've served on jury duty many times. I think it's frightening that we let 6 - 12 people off of the streets with little to no knowledge of the legal system decide trials. Like I said - I realize that I'm in the minority.