S06_Ep5: The Verdict

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politics, News, True Crime

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The jury in the double-murder case of Nicholas Benton could not hang the verdict on any single piece of evidence or testimony. That is, nothing that came up in court was so compelling that it enabled the jury to declare "guilty" or "not guilty." But what about something that came up outside of court? AJC Editor Kevin Riley wraps up his insider's account of being foreman on the jury in a murder trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:25.0	All we have is a bullet, but no gun. The evidence was not given that it was handled by him.
1:31.0	His fingerprints were nowhere to be found.
1:34.0	The main thing that got me on it was the video at the flero,
1:42.0	where he showed him going through the car with the book bag.
1:46.0	And obviously the book bag was on the car at the Burger King.
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