Jul 28, 2015

Three jurors in Kufner case share why they arrived at not guilty verdict

The jury was comprised of seven women and five men. A handful of them stayed to talk with attorneys, staff and me.

I spoke with three jurors, two women and a man.

The first woman juror said, "It was 100 percent not guilty on all counts. From day one, the first three we agreed on, there was one lady who was leaning guilty on assault" but eventually they all agreed unanimously on the verdicts.

They arrived at their decision due to "lack of evidence and lack of testimony."

"There was no CAST interview shared with us, no results of SART exam, Jane Doe and the mother seemed to be on drugs."

"We believed something was there but there was reasonable doubt" due to the way the case was presented.

The second lady juror said, "The DA did a terrible job, he did not present a credible case. Mr. Kufner presented himself very well. The little girl and her mother were not credible. It's a shame because we will never know.

"Mr. Kufner made an effort to take care of the girls. From him to be waiting 10 months in jail, that's a shame."

The gentleman juror basically said the same things.

2 comments:

  1. "The first woman juror said, "It was 100 percent guilty on all counts." I don't think this is correct. It makes no sense. I think you meant to quote this Juror as saying "100 percent Not Guilty" You might ant to correct.

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    1. Thanks Allan. Muttering under my breath, damn smartphone, spotty courthouse wifi, and of course me rushing to post with several cases at one time without checking.

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