# Watch a killer defend himself - starting LIVE in 5 minutes

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 28, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-killer-defend-himself-starting-live-in-5-minutes/526800 "2010-01-28T19:26:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-killer-defend-himself-starting-live-in-5-minutes/526800/21 "2010-01-29T17:13:19Z")

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37 minutes. A testimony to common sense, I’d like to think.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-killer-defend-himself-starting-live-in-5-minutes/526800/22 "2010-01-29T17:14:06Z")

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The jury deliberated for 37 minutes. I guess they wanted to finish their coffee after they voted.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-killer-defend-himself-starting-live-in-5-minutes/526800/23 "2010-01-29T17:16:03Z")

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No, it just took them 34 minutes to elect a foreman.

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