S10.E16: Deadlocked

[jewel21]

Quote

Voight takes the stand in a high-stakes murder trial against notorious drug kingpin Arturo Morales. when it becomes clear that Morales and his henchmen have compromised a juror, Voight and the team work furiously to ensure justice prevails.

Airdate: 03/22/23

[Snazzy Daisy]

 

[mommalib]

This was a decent episode and highlighted at least some change in Voight because in the early years he would have beat the crap out of that guy in the cage. 

Next week we back to this PTSD stuff wit Kim which personally I'm tired of. I need another Atwater episode.

[Snazzy Daisy]

This episode has vintage CPD vibes to it with Hank’s willingness to color outside the lines to save Julia and Morales case for Chapman.

With the way she behaved towards Hank at the end, let’s wait and see whether Chapman has the nerve to ask for any favor from Hank again.

The way Kevin launched and threw Ochoa across the table onto the floor, wow! My man, my man…💪🏻

We barely saw Adam in this episode, it’s bizarre. He was in 2 office scenes, standing in the background and said nothing. He had no lines. Why??!

 

[preeya]

In what courthouse and universe would a sitting juror be allowed into a public bathroom? And on top of that be speaking to a cop who was/is a witness in the case he's sitting on?

Also, the ADA should be happy that the case concluded with a verdict, not a mistrial. Put aside the high and mighty attitude and take the win.

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by preeya

[tvfanatic13]

10 hours ago, SnazzyDaisy said:

This episode has vintage CPD vibes to it with Hank’s willingness to color outside the lines to save Julia and Morales case for Chapman.

With the way she behaved towards Hank at the end, let’s wait and see whether Chapman has the nerve to ask for any favor from Hank again.

The way Kevin launched and threw Ochoa across the table onto the floor, wow! My man, my man…💪🏻

We barely saw Adam in this episode, it’s bizarre. He was in 2 office scenes, standing in the background and said nothing. He had no lines. Why??!

 

I think Jesse directed the episode so he probably didn’t want to do much acting in it. 

[MsJamieDornan]

Quote

4 hours ago, tvfanatic13 said:

I think Jesse directed the episode so he probably didn’t want to do much acting in it.

 

Why?

[NJRadioGuy]

On 3/23/2023 at 8:24 PM, preeya said:

In what courthouse and universe would a sitting juror be allowed into a public bathroom? And on top of that be speaking to a cop who was/is a witness in the case he's sitting on?

Re bathrooms, etc, Essex County, NJ does it that way. I've sat on three criminal juries since moving here and there is only one set of washrooms per floor, and if you weren't court staff or law enforcement, that's where you went. Jurors also eat in the same cafeteria as lawyers, witnesses, cops, guards, etc. We are firmly admonished by the judge not to speak with anybody concerning the matter before the court, and that it is our duty to report any contact to the judge immediately.

Quote

Also, the ADA should be happy that the case concluded with a verdict, not a mistrial. Put aside the high and mighty attitude and take the win.

What got me was the jury box in this trial. On each criminal jury I've been a member of there are either 14 or 16 empaneled jurors. Just prior to deliberations the court clerk has a bingo cage and pulls two (or four) numbers out, and those unlucky jurors don't get to participate in deliberations, but are held in a separate room, in complete silence, for days at a time. I was one of four under such a sequester for two and a half full days of deliberation in a grisly homicide case...and it sucked. But I did get a lot of reading done. Guy (rightfully) got 60 years, so it worked out in the end. Why were there no alternates in the court? With deliberations starting it would have been easy to simply "randomly" select the threatened juror as an alternate.

But beyond even that, let's say Voight never tweaked to the kidnapping, and the juror holds out. The accused wouldn't have been acquitted; a mistrial would be declared. It takes a unanimous verdict to acquit OR to convict. If they remain hopelessly deadlocked and a mistrial occurred it would be up to the prosecutor's office to determine if a retrial would likely result in a conviction, which for this guy it would be extremely likely.

Edited March 25, 2023 by NJRadioGuy