Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after jury deadlocks

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Uh, I think the general consensus is that she, the witness, um, there was a lot of contradictions in her statements. Uh, when it came time for the prosecution, a lot of people felt that she had incredible memory. When it came time to defense, a lot of people felt she forgot a lot of things. Um, and so it kind of spoke a little bit to her credibility. But, um,

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You know, it was close. There was It was not, um, you know, clear-cut right down the line. It was just not. Um, so it was a really tough decision. I think in general we feel kind of, you know, upset that we couldn't come up with a verdict. But, uh, we tried. We tried really hard. You don't know.

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Um, and we also wanted to believe like, let's let's play with this. Like we do believe her and this did happen. How can we commit like, but not everyone can be convinced enough?

0:57

Because it's just a trusting her word for it. And then there were places where we couldn't trust her word for it and that's where - oh, the witness was seated down. I'm very grateful for a jury of New Yorkers for listening to the evidence so closely.

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Uh, obviously I'm I'm somewhat disappointed that it wasn't 12 to zero. Uh, I am grateful though that there was the right amount of, um, uh, questioning of the of the people's case. Uh, we felt like we made our points. We feel like the jury heard our points. We feel like by virtue of the jury's notes, they were picking up on what we were saying in our cross-examination and our summation. And

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We are going to encourage the District Attorney's Office to not try this case again. Uh, I In my view, they're lucky to have won over three jurors.

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Uh, and I don't think there's any scenario where they're going to do better than that. Um, in

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Juror Explains Deadlock

A juror describes the difficulty in reaching a verdict due to contradictions in the witness's statements. Some jurors believed the witness had incredible memory during prosecution, but forgot details during defense, affecting her credibility. The decision was close and not clear-cut, leaving the jury upset but acknowledging they tried hard.

Um, and we also wanted to believe like, let's let's play with this. Like we do believe her and this did happen. How can we commit like, but not everyone can be convinced enough?

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