LIVE! Real Lawyer Reacts: YNW Melly Trial - Juror Speaks! What Was The Vote? 

I have a feeling this was the same juror that asked to see the guys face without a mask

I would like to hear from more than that one juror before I come to any conclusions.

I bet it was the same juror that was triggered by the masked witness. 🤔😏

I would bet money the female juror who was saying not guilty was the lady who complained about the undercover cop wearing a mask!

Missed live. Darn it! Love your pure analysis.

Rewatch crew tonight Peter. My 11 month old grandson had a 6 hour brain surgery today 😢. But everything was a success 😊, by the beautiful grace of God 🥳🎊🎉🙏!!!! Thank you for going over this. In my head, I thought the state proved their case. But I know many did not. It’s best to mistrial when one juror’s mind was never gonna change. But my heart is going out to the victims’ families. Yes, please continue to cover this. I appreciate all your hard work. You are just a breath of fresh air in the legal world!!

There was a disruptive juror who made a stink about the gang expert, one who said they were struggling financially and wanted to get the trial moving faster, and the one who kept getting sick…hmmm, wonder if it’s this same one who was meant “to cause chaos”? 🤔

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Thanks Peter for this…interesting to hear this juror’s account…your analysis has helped me be a little clearer about the trials (!) the jury have to go through…really interested in following this case if you are!🙏😊

I think this is the best interactive legal show/channel. Your insights are always helpful. Thank you bro for sharing.

Wow that’s so nice to hear! I love this community, bc we see things fairly 💪🏽👍🏽👩🏽‍⚖️🤗

Thankyou, Peter 🙏

Great vídeo peter, you are doing an amazing job in this case.

1 Juror caused chaos through the whole trial. Complaining about the foreperson, the masked witness, asked for a mistrial within the first few hours, complained about a non existent apple watch. How did she make it on the jury? and could she have been replaced by an alternate after she "shut down" ?

So sad and true when you said the people in the YT chat also represent people in the jury. Pray for America.

I missed so much of this particular case. Thank you Peter, for not only filling us in on the ins and outs of this case, but also the ins and outs of Florida law. 💗🧑‍⚖️❤

Thanks Peter for all your input. You give me something to focus on. And you show us the bigger picture.

Do you think this jury could have been compromised? They went home every day I was just wondering.

Total speculation of course, but after hearing the insight from this juror that wanted to set the record straight, I thought back to the juror that raised the concern about the masked witness. They were pretty combative during questioning from the judge and seemed to be adversarial to the court process. That raised some red flags to me and seems like it could have been a foreshadowing of how she would behave during deliberations. Again, could be completely wrong, but just thought I'd share my thoughts.

I totally love when you say" What's up everybody"! Love from Michigan ❤️

Hi, Peter thanks for all the work you do it's very much appreciated.

Juror was a setup I think..She wasn't gonna budge..so wrong.. Good for this Juror for settin em all straight..

I have been waiting to hear something like this!! What were they thinking??

What is the voir dire process in FL like? In Louisiana we have a pretty wide open voir dire where asking any relevant questions are allowed and could result in a reversal if the judge shuts it down improperly.

Peter are you planning to cover the YSL case in Atlanta? I would love to hear your unbiased thoughts!

Great explanation Peter!

Is it far fetched to wonder if a juror was paid off? Idk a lot of players in this trial seemed motivated by money

I thought same thing about covered witness and juror was upset

There was someone on one of the chats saying she was a juror and saying Melly would be free. That she wasn't voting guilty and she was raising hell in there. This was during the trial going on.

Fascinating! I have a few questions: 1. Why were the alternates dismissed before a verdict was reached? Is that a Florida thing? (I could swear this didn’t happen in the Murdaugh trial in SC.) 2. Isn’t it a responsibility of jurors to deliberate? Not to cave to pressure, but to at least continue a dialogue re: evidence, logical inferring, etc. 3. What are you looking for in a potential juror, as far as holding out? I like to think I’d continue to advocate strongly for my individual position…but would be open enough to change my position if presented with evidence/logic I had somehow overlooked in reaching my initial conclusions. I’m really looking forward to the series re: media’s impact on the judicial system. Media has always been a factor IMO; it’s just that the pace/reach has changed in the digital era, and the number of voices acting as media has proliferated with the advent of RU-vid and other social media. Thanks for all you do, Peter & team 💐

Still can't find the shorts channel. I thought it was going to be linked so we could subscribe.

Haven’t we heard judges say they cannot deliberate unless everyone is in the room? So the juror pulling people aside to have a private conversation would be improper according to those jury instructions.

i'm remembering how mad that one juror was about the "gang expert" testifying with a mask on and how she sounded irritated with the prosecution and wondering whether she was the juror in question. given the actions of the investigators and the prosecution in this case, i thought it might be likely that a juror would just refuse to convict on principle

I was on involuntary manslaughter jury. One woman was a non guilty vote. She was so strong about her vote she got in yelling match, got a bloody nose and an ambulance came to remove her from deliberations. The next day we came back voted again. Finally, a hung jury. I felt so strongly about his guilt - I called the prosecutor and she took all my notes and I told her where I thought the issues were in the case. They re-tried the case and got a conviction. The defendant rolled a 100 plus pond log/stump off a cliff over a public beach and the log landed on a sunbather’s head killing her instantly.

I think being on a jury is hard because you want to make sure it's right because you don't want to send an innocent person to prison the rest of their life.

Happy 1 Year anniversary Peter!! 🎈🎉You are the very best! 😀,,and I watch you EVERY DAY as a subscriber!! I always look and think maybe I'll run into you at the grocery store, or see you aa red light, lol! because you are my neighbor I live on Sunset Point Road in Clearwater! I think that's so awesome that you your office is just a few streets away and you are the best on RU-vid! I would love to be able to buy some of your merchandise! Wanted to always ask can only members buy? merchandise? Keep up the good work great work Peter and happy anniversary again🎈🎉

I’m sorry, but this is very irritating to me that a juror like that was on the jury to start with. I’m suspicious of said juror.

The Law and Crime chat is WILD. Lots of people with agendas without hearing any evidence or knowing what the evidence means.

God Bless you Pete

Love your commentary! Lori callow today was unbelievable.

Sounds like a great line-up. 😊 Well, the positive is we are getting more transparency I didn't deep dive this case. Did people think they exhausted all resources in the area? I read some where cell proved the drive route? Is this reliable?🤔

Since you mentioned it so many times, is there any part of 12 Angry Men that rises to the level of possible/probable juror misconduct using modern rules and standards?

"one juror was determined to vote not guilty." I bet they all knew who he was talking about. That's insaaaaane!!!! Wow.

The prosecutor needs to get inspired and show belief in her case. I think I would be terrified to be on that jury after seeing comments on Law & Crime live chat.

❤ Peter hello handsome man 😂I have 2 say great show like always. Thank you Always Donna Barnes

It seems like: if lawyers are showing agreements, treating each others with respect (defense/prosecutors), a great judge, showing a great example, it seems like the jury have an easier job & treat each other with respect. Just thinking of the latest trials I've seen. Like Letechia Stauch, Darrell Brooks, Taylor Schaubuisness etc. Where the teams showed each other respect - DA treated DB with respect in anyway lol. Melly trial was so messy from both sides.

I think Melly’s mother heard what she wanted to hear and subsequently had the jury vote backwards.

FYI…In the Jodi Arias case, in Maricopa County Arizona, THERE WAS a male “outlier” that swore that he believed in-and could vote for-the death penalty, if the evidence PROVED the heinousness of the crime of literally BUTCHERING her victim Travis! Yet, when it came down to deliberations, he did what that woman did in this trial!! The other jurors believed that he lied in the jury process, specifically in the hopes that he would be chosen to serve…BECAUSE he thought she was “too beautiful”, and “not strong enough to commit such an evil BUTCHERING!” The other jurors also believed he was “crushing” on her, and rumor has it that he was(don’t know if this continues to today)communicating with her by phone, and mail, when she was sentenced to LWOP!!🤬 (I think that Arizona didn’t require a unanimous vote for death penalty at the time!🤷‍♀️😳🤬At least the Arias penalty phase did NOT end in a mistrial…THANK GOD!!😂😂😂

0:17 I’m amazed you have any time left to actually do lawyering! 😂 great to see your rise on social media though!

Dang youtube is not notifying me of any lives...

I knew they should have asked for that juror to be taken off. I think that was the mistake that cost the conviction. It was obvious to me that that tour who was triggered by the mask, was just trying to cause chaos.

Peter your channel is sooooo important for future jurors. You are forever showing both sides, letting the evidence play out teaching people that we are innocent until proven guilty, and that’s the great thing about our country. The traditional media convicts people constantly tampering with jury pools. The media in my opinion has always been a problem.

Launch an investigation into that juror

I wonder if his fans are the most likely the ones who think that thinks that he is not guilty. People who have already made up their minds, should not be on a jury.

Peter are there new pages we need to sub to? I’m confused

Are there rules to the deliberation? I thought they could only talk about the case when all together, not take 2 people aside to convince them of your vote

That’s why attorneys get to question jurors before trial, and there’s a big pool of jurors before they chose the 12 plus the 3 alternates

I missed the live but am on catch up. If I believed someone is not guilty no other juror would change my mind . Thanks for update Peter

Probably the particular juror asked the question regarding meters/versus yards and UTC confusion. The juror would have had the same opinion without hearing any evidence. What a horrible jury experience. I wouldn’t change the death penalty charge for future trials.

You putting a spin on the whole case

Is it time to amend the system ? All of these rules and guidelines were set into place before the time of social media .

Sounds like she's been payed off, this seems very sus 🤔

Sounds like the same person I was on a jury with about 25 years ago. She was a tad odd during the week long trial and the instant we began deliberations she emerged as a totally disruptive lunatic! She refused to deliberate and locked herself in the bathroom. She'd sing and dance around jury table. Then! Tap-danced ON the table. (No I'm not making this up) - among other crazy things... (particularly with food) ! The rest of us were serious in our duty and did our best. The bulk of the 3 day deliberation time was spent dealing with the bailiff and judge on how to proceed. As I recall, the judge spoke with each of us. She returned, wrote her 'vote' on a scrap of paper and retreated, singing, to the bathroom. Serving on a jury was (is)an honor and responsibility I took very seriously. It was incomprehensible to me someone could be so disrespectful to the process. It was also one of the most unexpectedly interesting things I'd ever done. (It was a drug trafficking case with lots of expert testimony- handwriting analysis, inter workings of airports, etc…and…. A drug sniffing dog!)

Peter I’ve been very positive it was going to be a mistrial. Remember when that female juror had a problem I think it was with the witness wearing a mask? The judge offered to relieve her of her duties and she backed down QUICKLY. Based on this information, I wonder if she wasn’t a plant or paid off and threatened and or offered the others money of some sort. It’s just women’s intuition but I learned MANY years ago to pay attention to that inner voice.

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Its funny. I am not interested in the law and not interested in true crime but for reasons i can not understand i watch your podcasts all the time🤷

How does the juror know the other juror's motive?

On the Danny Masterson trial(first one) a man got on the jury on purpose because his daughter had something to to with Scientology. She told him to lie on the jury questionnaire and he did. At the end when it was a mistrial either the man or the Defense Attorneys thanked the other one, just him. The whole trial is on Growing up in Scientology. The man gave an interview and admitted he "forgot" he used to be a cop because it was so long ago and forgot he was estranged from his son. It is a phone interview so you can listen to it.

Ps. Yes the Law and Crime Chat 💬 was a Riot 😂😂🎉

Just catching up on today's videos

Thank you. I knew it wasn’t 9 not guilty lol. It’s obvious he did it. I feel like ne t time they will remove the death penalty and he will just get life

I prefer your channel because you address both sides and remain innocent until proved guilty. You teach us about the law.

Will they look into that juror? Paid for her no vote?

Awww Crap I missed it!! Replay crew..can't wait to hear what u have to say..Loved what this juror did..set the record straight 🎉 Mellys simps have been delusional since the beginning

I bet this was the juror who had the Apple Watch! They were communicating with Jamell’s mommy the entire time!

You can't believe none of this without hearing from the juror his self

Do you think this means the defense should/ will bring their own experts now?

I find it more funny seeing people say this juror could be lying when she likely showed the news station her juror papers, if she was lying why don’t we see thousands more come up and lie ? Why didn’t his family repost the article calling it cap ? 🤔

It seems odd that they allowed them to continue if they seemed biased since the beginning. My dad got dismissed from jury duty just because he questioned the defense’s testimony. All he literally said was “show us the proof to what you’re saying” and they showed him and others that agreed with him the door. Could the rest of the jurors have complained about that other juror in this case? (YNW)

Thank You, Peter! You look very handsome today.

Don't some states not release alternates until after the deliberation is done? I think that would be smarter. I know I personally couldn't handle a juror saying those things to me. I wouldn't cave but I would beg to be removed. My PTSD would trigger big time. I would feel horrible causing a mistrial. Or they could remove me from deliberation room and record my vote however I decided already, I suppose. I will never be on one anyway due to my disability.

I just saw Mark Erglish at the end of Mellys latest hearing. What…I want to know more

the jury has the final say, if it is all or nothing then it only takes one, and that should be the end of the matter. The jury as well as judging the facts and the law which judges and lawyers do not want the jury to know about but if logic is well thought out then it must be common sense that they the jury judge the law of the case, that is how it was under a common law offence in times gone by even before magna carta.

There are no alternatives?

It was 11 to 1 at 1st that’s crazy

Oy this brings back a bad memory of being on a hung jury back in the late 90's. I hadn't realized how precarious our system is. You get a couple people on the jury who cannot think critically to save their life, for whatever reason (I'm not saying it's always about intelligence, but sometimes it definitely is) AND are easily swayed by smarter more persuasive people (like a defense attorney), add in some stubbornness, or misogeny (usually old dudes who think women are less than), et voila! Hung. When the evidence could not have been more crystal clear to a person who can think logically.

The note from the jury indicated that there was more than an 11-1 split because they said, “Everyone” is stuck on “their” sides.

I wonder if it was the same juror that had issues with the undercover officer wearing a mask. Because she was full of sass.

I’ve said since the day I heard the juror complaining about Danny Polo wearing a mask that this was going to result in a hung jury. There was no way in hell that woman was going to vote for anything other than an acquittal. I feel so bad for the victims families.

I missed the chat but here is my thoughts. Murder 1 or not guilty, per the facts; no 'accident'. The manslaughter guilty votes suggest a compromise between Murder 1 vs Manslaughter was made. In my mind, if you can flop from Murder 1 to manslaughter then you have reasonable doubt. Or; the jurors are completely disregarding their legal obligations.

Thank you Peter for continuing to discuss this case. I will be curious to see how both sides handle the retrial.

Big surprise.... 1 person got on the jury that was closed minded... either she was paid or gotten to

In all honesty of all the cases you’ve covered I can’t drum up any interest in this trial. I’m sure you’re doing your usual excellent job.

Very obvious to the evidence Melly was guilty. That juror acting up should have been called out & switched out with a back up juror. Too bad, there may have been a guilty verdict!🎉

Peter, I've never seen,heard,or had a lawyer that is just a regular person and who is down to earth such as yourself. You do a great job a breaking things down keep up the great work. 🫡✌️

The juror had an iwatch . Not an iPhone

Replay Crew. ... That sounds like a horrible jury experience.

Why where both suspects tried together?

I read that after the OJ Simpson case that the legal system collectively had a "hangover" which caused them to be skeptical of black jurors. Is that true?

The bug, huge issue to me is the gat slurs, name calling, screaming of this jurir. You can stick to your convuction, that is fine but you cant speak to orhers in that manner. They shoukd never let the alternates go without a verdixt. That juror shoukd have been dismussed for jurormisconduct!!