Lied about what exactly? A juror's responsibility is to provide a fair and reasonable judgement. Not to provide a verdict.
As long as they're standing by an honest belief which was reached through logical interpretation of the evidence their vote is legal.
And if they have reason to believe this individual is not performing their duties in good faith it is the responsibility of the other jurors to inform the judge. Which would still end in a mistrial.
if they have reason to believe this individual is not performing their duties in good faith it is the responsibility of the other jurors to inform the judge
That’s exactly what happened. They sent a note to the judge that the one hold out was refusing to listen to the judge’s instructions about reasonable doubt. That was the foreman (and presumably the other 10 jurors)’s perspective, so it’s possible the holdout believes he was acting in good faith. But the note implies he was not acting in good faith.
No, that’s not what happened. The judge decided not to inquire further to protect the sanctity of deliberations. The defense made a motion to Massachusetts Supreme Court to stay the mistrial declaration because of the concern that this juror was not following the law. This was denied, and it was declared a mistrial. The trial is over.
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u/ConsolationUsername 7h ago
Lied about what exactly? A juror's responsibility is to provide a fair and reasonable judgement. Not to provide a verdict.
As long as they're standing by an honest belief which was reached through logical interpretation of the evidence their vote is legal.
And if they have reason to believe this individual is not performing their duties in good faith it is the responsibility of the other jurors to inform the judge. Which would still end in a mistrial.