Archive for the ‘Nick Rodricks’ Category
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A Jury’s Duty- Part 2: The Race Case
Baltimore To properly illustrate the scene in the jury room I must acknowledge the views of those jurors who voted against me. To some extent the people who voted to acquit were correct, there were holes in the victim’s testimony, holes that also existed ...
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A Juror’s Duty- Part 1
Baltimore Today I watched a guilty man walk free. Five hours after closing statements 10 confident jurors descended from the deliberating room trailing the final 2 jurors, young men battered into consensus. Those 10 jurors offered up a charge of not-guilty to assault in the second degree as the remaining 2 watched on and said ...