For those who think the justice system is broken, and, as Dave Barry joked, “the Sixth Amendment states that if you are accused of a crime, you have the right to a trial before a jury of people too stupid to get out of jury duty,” this single quote from Juror #3 on the Anthony trial gives me hope.
This is a precise, accurate statement of the law. Not guilty does not mean innocent.
More from Doug Berman on how the specter of the death penalty may have inhibited the jury from convicting on Murder.