So one thing I was really excited to get down the Floyd County for was to finally find out what the jurors believed in this case.

Like what was it that made the jurors convict Lee and King?

And I wanted to know how the jurors looked at this evidence and what they did to interpret it, put it together,

and piece together a story to convince them the Honorable Smilled out.

I am now a little concerned, I'm never going to get an answer to that question.

The jurors in this case, by and large, did not have difficulty in reaching a guilty verdict.

But as one juror told us, trying to entangle exactly why they'd reach that verdict might not be possible.

He told us that like it can get really crazy in the jury room.

When a trial happens, you can just, I think he said throw out the attorneys, throw out the judge,

none of that matters because you got 12 people in its liberation room who don't know what they're doing and going by their gut,

and you'll never know what's going to happen.

Yeah, he said it's definitely by the gut and not by the law.

And that whatever just happened in that courtroom, God knows what the jury is going to do with

it when they get alone. The jurors we spoke to

varied in how much they were called about this case. Some remember quite a bit,

others almost nothing. One of the jurors we spoke to allowed us to record and others agreed to talk to us but didn't want to be recorded.

My answer came to myself very early on when we were asked to deliberate. I knew early on what my decision was going to be.

You know, saying that they were guilty.

One juror, an older man... saying that they were guilty.

One juror, an older man who didn't deliberate came into the room and said, let's fry him, literally, let's lock him up and fry him,

you know, flip the switch, call the day.

And call the day.

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