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So, you will remember that recently the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled against Karen Reed. And we went over

the Supreme Judicial Court ruling, which said there is no verdict. Therefore, there is no

double jeopardy. Even if the court allowed all of the jurors to come in and say, yes, we rendered

verdicts for Karen Reed of acquittal on

counts one and counts three, which are the most serious counts in this case. There is still

nothing that can be done. The jury has been dismissed. They cannot be reconvened now to render a verdict. The only thing that

could come from that is, A, the defense could glean more information about what the jurors thought

was important or not. And B, I mean, they can do that if the jurors come forward, which some have.

And B, it might pressure the Commonwealth to dismiss those counts, which seems real

unlikely to me. But they can't reconvene a dismiss jury. A mistrial has been declared, and there's

no way to undo that. It's why we also saw the defense arguing that the judge did not need to declare

a mistrial, because that's really the only way to get around this. And even then, even then,

if the defense won, the result is you get a new trial. That's where we're at. We're at you got a new trial. So there isn't a

remedy under the law for the circumstance we find ourselves in. So no person shall be subject to the

same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. The underlying idea, one that is deeply

ingrained in at least the Anglo-American system of

jurisprudence, is that the state, with all its resources and power, should not be allowed to make

repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense. Even if the first trial is not

completed, a second prosecution may be grossly unfair. It increases the financial and emotional

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