Friday, the second day of deliberations, the jury went home without making a decision. The judge told the panel of seven men and five women to go home for the weekend and come back Monday to resume deciding.
"It's really hard to predict sometimes. If there's a single holdout, you may not know, and it's just a matter of presenting the evidence in the arguments to that individual again. Sometimes, it's a deep division that is insurmountable," Gentithes said.According to testimony, Ethan and his friends used toy SplatRBall guns to shoot gel pellets at the Staffords, who were playing basketball on the I Promise School basketball court the night of June 2, 2022.
"You may have holdouts that think self-defense does or doesn't apply or are debating a particular element of a crime," Gentithes said.