# "Peterson jurors may be hung" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702 "2004-11-08T19:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/1 "2004-11-08T19:47:04Z")
That’s really the headline at [SignOnSanDiego.com](http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20041108-1124-ca-lacipeterson.html), by the Union Tribune. Go ahead, write your own punchline. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/2 "2004-11-08T19:52:19Z")
Tough judge. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/3 "2004-11-08T19:56:02Z")
Then I can think of twelve lonely Californians who can’t _wait_ for them to stop deliberating and come home. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/4 "2004-11-08T20:01:48Z")
Ouch, rope burn. He: “My darling! Tell me those three little words that will make me dance on air!” She: “Go hang yourself.” ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/5 "2004-11-08T20:04:28Z")
Yeah, but it’s California. You just _know_ some of them are fake. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/6 "2004-11-08T20:08:40Z")
But Simpson jurors know how to get ya off. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/7 "2004-11-08T20:12:57Z")
**Peterson jurors may be hung** but probably not on your living room walls. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/8 "2004-11-08T21:01:37Z")
…well" (Wouldn’t it have to be “hanged” if refering to hanging á la lynching?) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/9 "2004-11-08T21:07:11Z")
“And they was right!” /Blazing Saddles ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/10 "2004-11-08T21:09:24Z")
If I was on that Jury I’d want to be hung. Just to make 12 other people go through it all. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/11 "2004-11-08T22:25:35Z")
> [@Papermache Prince](#): > > That’s really the headline at [SignOnSanDiego.com](http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20041108-1124-ca-lacipeterson.html), by the Union Tribune. > > Go ahead, write your own punchline. Considering, no one can tell how, where or when they died… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/12 "2004-11-09T01:41:39Z")
They will be, and so will everyone else involved in this case. Afterwards, there will be much celebration by the good burghers of Northern California, who are might sick and tired of this case. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/13 "2004-11-09T02:07:13Z")
Yikes. Now I know why everyone tries to get out of jury duty :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/14 "2004-11-09T05:21:33Z")
Then again they may NOT be… I’m sure the men are but the women… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/15 "2004-11-09T05:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > “Peterson jurors may be hung” [Madeline Kahn] Not necessarily! [/Madeline Kahn] ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/16 "2004-11-09T05:50:16Z")
**Peterson jury may be hung** Judge re-instructs jurors that while this is well and fine, it is not why they are there and orders them to dress and continue deliberations. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/17 "2004-11-09T06:51:14Z")
**Peterson jury may be hung** Just in case, they are prohibited from singing “She Bangs”. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/18 "2004-11-09T07:33:00Z")
They are just happy to see you. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/19 "2004-11-09T07:42:31Z")
Against the fucking judges who permit these 5-month circuses? There is NO WAY that lawyers cannot present their evidence, arguements, etc., and take MORE than a month doing it! These trials ought to be limited…what has been done to these jurors violates the constitution (against “cruel and unusual” punishment). How is it that a scientist can present a new theory or discovery in a couple of hours, and these bozos need MONTHS to present their claims? As I have said before, a jury trialis NOT a search for the truth. It is more like a multi-act play, where the objective seems to be to bamboozle the audience with as much bull bleep as possible. Now the 12 jurors have to sort out all the crap thats been thrown to them…man, who wants that! ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702/20 "2004-11-09T09:25:13Z")
[Madeline Kahn] It’s twu! It’s twu! [/Madeline Kahn] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peterson-jurors-may-be-hung/273702.md?page=2)