From: "Michael W Crichton" <mwcrichton@home.com>
Subject: Henson question
Message-ID: <7YdG6.60444$rX5.4409446@news1.rdc1.il.home.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:52:19 GMT
OK, if the jury deadlocked on the "terrorism"<snort!> charges, then how
could they possibly convict on that "Interfering with a religion" charge?
Doesn't that law implicitly say "force or threat of force"? If they couldn't
agree on weather a threat actually took place on the other two charges, how
could they uphold this one...? I am confused, but then, IANALNASPC (I Am
Neither A Lawyer Nor A Schizophrenic, Perjuring Cultist). Is the text of the
jury's decision online somewhere?
From: LronsScam <LronsScam@aohell.bomb>
Subject: Re: Henson question
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:39:29 -0400
Message-ID: <MPG.1553e9597887603c9898d8@127.0.0.1>
Michael W Crichton says...
>OK, if the jury deadlocked on the "terrorism"<snort!> charges, then how
>could they possibly convict on that "Interfering with a religion" charge?
>Doesn't that law implicitly say "force or threat of force"? If they couldn't
>agree on weather a threat actually took place on the other two charges, how
>could they uphold this one...? I am confused, but then, IANALNASPC (I Am
>Neither A Lawyer Nor A Schizophrenic, Perjuring Cultist). Is the text of the
>jury's decision online somewhere?
Don't ask him, ask the law.
This *probably* isn't all that unusual. However, if they acquitted him on the
other charges then what they did would possibly be an issue on appeal. But I
doubt it.
As far as the jury is concerned there were only 2 or 3 people who held back
on the other two charges. The rest were convinced, apparently, of Henson's
guilt on all three. We'll never know for sure because names aren't attached
to votes one way or another.
Being the expert of law that I am, because I watch or have watched "Law and
Order," "Hill Street Blues," "Cops" and "Court TV," not to mention "Columbo"
years ago ;->, I have seen these cases crop up before (on Court TV) and they
called it a "compromised verdict." They didn't talk of appeals or anything
else, other than it was unusual.
