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Originally Posted by Jason14h

Well this is the kind of behavior we want from Jury's!

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/05/medi...d=hp-stack-dom

Its a combination of a number of factors. The jury was selected from Manitowoc county, that was mistake #1, they were heavily tainted with both local and media influence from way, way before Day 1.

But to go even further, right after the closing arguments and 1 day into deliberations a juror was released due to a medical emergency. They elected to replace him with a backup juror and he was interviewed numerous times during the documentary and repeatedly states that most of the jury considered Avery guilty before the trial even began.

This is, IMO, a huge mistake on Avery's part. He was given 3 choices:

- Backup Juror
- Go with 11 jurors
- Call it Mistrial

I'd have screaming mistrial at the top of my lungs! He opts to replace the juror with a backup.

Now this is likely because despite calling it a mistrial Avery is still responsible for paying his legal team and he was very likely out of money, but still!

But that being said, there was way too much influence of the jury through the media.