Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Cosby Jurors Names Released - Ten Out Of Twelve Jurors Wanted To Convict



Judge Steven O'Neill ruled Wednesday that the identities should be released of the jurors who deadlocked in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial.

The judge stated jurors may not discuss what was said in the jury room during deliberations.

A mistrial was declared Saturday in the 79-year-old entertainer's sex assault trial after the jury deadlocked. O'Neill plans to hold a retrial within four months.

Lawyers for news outlets had argued that jurors' names should be public to ensure transparency in the judicial process. Prosecutors and defense lawyers had argued they should remain secret, saying releasing them would make it more difficult to select a jury in Cosby's second trial.

Cosby denies drugging and molesting accuser Andrea Constand at his home in 2004.

Ten of the 12 jurors on Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial reportedly wanted to convict the disgraced comedian.

It was just two lone holdouts who refused to budge during 52 hours of marathon deliberations, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial Saturday morning, a juror who asked to remain anonymous told ABC News.

“(The holdouts were) not moving, no matter what,” the unidentified juror revealed.

The panel reportedly deadlocked 10 to two on the charges alleging Cosby drugged accuser Andrea Constand with something that impaired her ability to resist and then digitally penetrated her without consent.

On the charge that claimed Cosby assaulted Constand while she was unconscious or unaware that penetration was occurring — count No. 2 — the jury vote was 11 to one to acquit, the juror told ABC.

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