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Gronk

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Also, it’s also pretty hard to be on the jury when you are the one on trial…
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the phantom menace

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You'd expect there to be some sort of update reported in the media this afternoon...

E.g. that the jury has asked for/been granted more time to deliberate, has been sent home for the weekend before reconvening to continue deliberation on Monday - or maybe even an outside chance of an agreed verdict?
 

hindy111

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I'm just unsure after 24hrs how you would change mind. I think there is no denying Haynes an ashol. But probably not a rapist.
 

the phantom menace

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True, they'd probably all agree the arsehole bit - but that's not the charge.

But I reckon they must be stuck pretty evenly, with half thinking he did the rape and the other half thinking he didn't?
 

the phantom menace

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"No notes have been sent" means they haven't passed a note to the judge updating on progress or an almost majority or a blockage.

So probably not even close to going through everything they've heard and reaching possible agreement yet?
 

the phantom menace

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We have no way of knowing whether the majority are thinking Hayne is guilty with a few thinking he is innocent, or the other way around.

If they can't reach a verdict - which looks increasingly likely - then it falls to the prosecution/DPP to decide whether to pursue in front of another jury... probably with reference to concerns about the continued impact of prolonged trials on the alleged victim (and even if it doesn't feature in the prosecution decision, let's be honest there is also impact on the accused).

If another re-trial is not pursued, it doesn't mean that Hayne has been found innocent (or that he is guilty), but - depending on the wishes of the alleged victim to keep going through this to pursue some result - Hayne could be still be facing a civil trial with a lower burden of proof.
 

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