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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why’d they find her Not Guilty? What happened exactly? What did the decision hinge on? [/quote]

They didn't. It ended in a mistrial because the jury could not reach consensus.

Part of the issue is that the police investigation was totally mishandled. Also the medical examiner could not even say for sure what his cause of death was and there were experts who testified that his injuries were not consistent with being hit by a car. Even if she did hit his arm with the corner edge of her taillight, that's generally not enough to kill a person. A lot of things don't add up. [/quote]

how much jury members voted not guilty and how many guilty the first trial?

He hit the back of his head when he was hit by the car which caused the head injury and the eye that looked like a "raccoon."[/quote]

ALL of them voted not guilty of murder and leaving the scene. We don't know how many were in disagreement on the manslaughter charge, just that they could not agree.[/quote]

That makes no sense. She would have to leave the scene is she killed him. I think it's important to know how many voted for or against manslaughter. Is this information that won't ever be released? [/quote]

No, it makes sense if she accidentally killed him and left not knowing she had struck him. It's supported by her actions later, looking for him not knowing she had hit him. And we would only know specifically how many if jurors say so. Theur statement implied it was close to a 50/50 split (again, on manslaughter only, they were 100% acquittal on other charges) but we don't know for sure. The judge should have polled them about separate charges rather than declare them deadlocked.[/quote]

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