Polled after turning in a not guilty form to the judge in the burglary case of Bobby Lee Pearson, all 12 members of a Fresno, California jury nodded their agreement to the judge’s traditional question, “So say you all?” Later, however, it was found that the jury had deadlocked 8-4 on the charges. It was a hung jury, and there should have been another trial.
By the the time one of the jury members had come out of his stupor and told the judge that he had voted guilty, it was too late to correct the error because of double jeopardy. “I can’t believe it,” the judge said as he ordered Pearson released. “This has never happened to me in more than 100 jury trials that I have done.” That’s because he never had a jury as dumb as this one before. It ostensibly understood the requirement that guilty and not-guilty verdicts had to be by a unanimous 12-0 vote, but apparently became confused by the verdict forms, which didn’t include a deadlock option.
The jury system is the simplest distillation of our democratic system, and even that proved too complicated for these bozos.
A depressing note: Court authorities say the problem was that the jury was substantially made up of college students.
Yes, they really said that.
Meanwhile, to wrap up this travesty of justice in a classic “Law and Order” surprise ending, Pearson was murdered within hours of his release.
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Source: ABA Journal
Ethics Alarms 
This leaves me speechless.
We’re doomed.
I’m originally from Fresno & not surprised. They are too busy dealing with illegals there to educate their students.
Just because you have a college degree by no sense of the word means you are intelligent.
What a shame what has became of our education system. Our school systems are producing masses of idiots to be unleashed upon the world.
Too bad that the guys who wasted the defendant couldn’t have done California a further public service by eliminating 12 scourges to the gene pool.
Wow.