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Nichols jury deadlocked?

By cdw

More proof that the quality of counsel has a direct impact on the chance the State will get a death sentence, the Brian Nichols jury was told to continue deliberating today after they announced they were deadlocked.  AJC appears to be forecasting that the jury will not reach a conclusion: he Nichols jury Thursday said it was deadlocked 9-3 on Nichols? punishment. The same jury earlier found him guilty of murdering four people, including a judge, in his escape from a rape trial at the Fulton County courthouse. The guilty verdicts depended more on evaluating evidence, and the jurors now are into emotional territory, Clark said. ?You?ve probably got two people who are fighting ? one for the nine and one for the three,? said Clark, the criminal justice program coordinator for the Atlantic region of Troy University, based in Norfolk, Va...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).