4.6 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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In this powerful episode, Juror #11 takes listeners through the final, weighty moments of the trial for Jasmine Pace. After eight days of evidence, testimony, and deliberation, the jury returns to the courtroom to deliver its verdict. But the journey isn’t over. The jury must reconvene to determine Chen’s fate—whether he will be eligible for parole or spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Sara describes the complexities of the sentencing phase, from Jason Chen’s mother’s heartbreaking plea for mercy to the gut-wrenching victim impact statements delivered by Jasmine’s family. Jasmine’s sister, her cousin, and father each paint a vivid and haunting picture of the young woman whose life was short. They share memories of Jasmine’s kindness, her love for family, and her resilience through repeated grief and loss.
As the jury wrestles with their final decision, Sara reflects on the enormity of the task before them. The emotional toll of the trial and the responsibility to seek justice weigh heavily.Â
With meticulous detail and heartfelt reflection, Sara provides a firsthand account of what it’s like to serve as a juror in such a high-profile and emotionally charged case. This episode brings listeners inside the courtroom, into the jury room, and ultimately into the lasting impact of Jasmine Pace’s story.
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0:00.0 | Before we begin, please be advised that this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence as presented during the trial. |
0:08.7 | Please take care while listening. |
0:13.3 | It's still Monday, January 20, 2025, day 8 of the trial. |
0:19.9 | But now things feel different. |
0:22.4 | The alternate jurors had already been selected and asked to leave the courtroom, exiled to |
0:28.3 | their own alternate jury room until further notice. |
0:32.7 | Four people who had been part of our group. |
0:36.2 | People we had eaten with, shared rides with, |
0:39.3 | walk the depths of the earth with. |
0:41.6 | People who had laughed with us, |
0:43.3 | side with us, |
0:44.4 | and silently held the weight of this case with us for eight days. |
0:48.5 | Suddenly, they were gone, dismissed, |
0:52.2 | and it all happened so fast. The rest of us, those whose numbers weren't called, |
0:58.6 | just sat there, watching them leave. It was a gut punch, like a family suddenly being split apart. |
1:07.2 | I remember feeling an ache in my stomach, because those alternates weren't just observers. |
1:12.6 | They were just as invested as the rest of us. |
1:15.6 | They had listened to the same testimony, seen the same evidence, and developed their own opinions. |
1:22.6 | But now, the 16 of us were down to 12, 12 people who would carry the full weight of this next decision. |
1:32.3 | Judge Patterson didn't leave us much time to process. |
1:35.3 | He continued right away, reading through our final instructions, |
1:40.3 | explaining the legal framework we'd have to follow, the rules we'd need to abide by as we deliberated. |
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