I'm just beginning to get a sense of how difficult it was for the jury. Admittedly I'm just back from a very fortified lunch so my concentration levels aren't as sharp as they could be, and whilst I'm not totally thick, I'm totally CONFUSED by the arguements surrrounding the gun and the loading/firing of it.
I know nothing more of guns than having, on maybe five occasions, fired one which has been placed in my hand, and with more good luck than judgement, hit whatever I'd been aiming at. I've never loaded a gun and wouldn't know how to start.
There's a fantastic debate going on, especially between Bridget and Patti, who I suspect has more of us behind her. I can't imagine it was very different in the courtroom. Two eloquent speakers, both making arguements valid to some. There could have been a point when the jury, most of whom probably had little or no working knowledge of guns, could have tossed a coin for the outcome. I wonder how many of their number recalled the trial with total certainty that they'd arrived at the correct decision.
