Joshua J. Friedman: It took an hour, but I believe he read them twice? Also, there's some question over whether they want the entire instructions read back to them or only a portion

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It took an hour, but I believe he read them twice? Also, there's some question over whether they want the entire instructions read back to them or only a portion

They didn't have a copy with them in the deliberation room?

Apparently illegal to give them in written form, they can only be read aloud by the judge. Because our lawbooks are spaghetti code.

That seems insane. I'm not a litigator, nor have I practiced in New York. But I can only imagine the quibbling about the instructions in the deliberation room.

Ah, I did not know there were two lawyers on the jury.

I can understand it. I had to read the explanations again when they were talking about finding guilty on the first, then of the second charges finding guilty of one (doesn't matter which)... It makes sense that they would want to be sure before they came to a conclusion.

Are jurors allowed to take notes about the instructions?

causation Causation CAUSATION *pounds the table*

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