Sea Speed said:
How tf is this even possible? He was found guilty and then a mistrial during sentencing? What the hell?
I was on a jury that came extremely close to a mistrial during sentencing because - amazingly - there was some misunderstanding of what unanimous meant when the judge polled the jury. The guilt/innocence verdict was very easy and quick, but on sentencing jury ranged from straight probation to maximum jail time. It was about 12 hours of deliberations before the last person agreed to the sentence.
If I'm ever on a jury again, after we reach a verdict I'm going to say to everyone "Look, the judge is going to ask if this is our unanimous verdict. Let's do a practice run. Juror #1? Juror #2?"