Thornton drops case against James Mapes

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Originally Posted by Irving

I JUST sat on an Adams county jury. Case went to mistrial because I wouldn't back down and hung the jury. Just because the State presses charges, doesn't mean he won't get off. Not all jurors are stupid, just 9 of them in my case.

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Can you discuss the charges? Was there any evidence that could have been produced that would have made the difference for you?

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Originally Posted by Irving

I JUST sat on an Adams county jury. Case went to mistrial because I wouldn't back down and hung the jury. Just because the State presses charges, doesn't mean he won't get off. Not all jurors are stupid, just 9 of them in my case.

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I go next Thursday! Can't wait...

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Originally Posted by Irving

I JUST sat on an Adams county jury. Case went to mistrial because I wouldn't back down and hung the jury. Just because the State presses charges, doesn't mean he won't get off. Not all jurors are stupid, just 9 of them in my case.

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Reminds me of this video.

The part relevant to this discussion begins at 1:30, but the whole thing is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-5rvtSpak

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Originally Posted by RCCrawler

Reminds me of this video.

The part relevant to this discussion begins at 1:30, but the whole thing is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-5rvtSpak

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[ROFL1][ROFL2] Love it; NOT GUILTY!

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Originally Posted by jim

Public Opinion always trumps the law. Expect him to be charges with creating a disturbance. Creating a panic in a public area, or any number of charges to show "The state is tough on crime".
Meanwhile 56 more sex offenders, 28 more violent felons and 1 casual user of marijuana were released from prison today due to over crowding.

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Ka-boom! +1 [Beer]

Okay....
Since I am a resident of Thornton, we just need to worry about civil damage ($$$) to this guy. :(

Sometimes panicking dumb@ss witnesses make something out of nothing.

State level charges are even more ridiculous than Thornton arresting him in the first place.

[Mad] [Bang] [Mad]

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Originally Posted by Wiggity

Lets try someone for obeying the law! That'll show em

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Exactly.

I had to sit on a jury for 6 days. The entire case was circumstantial BS and after several hours of deliberating; by deliberating I mean me and one other person had to convince everyone else this guy should not be found guilty, we ultimately found the guy not guilty.

The guy being tried sat in jail for almost a year and was facing 80 years in prison after being accused of starting a small fire in his apartment that resulted in a 12"X24" section of carpet being burnt.

What was amazing to me was the majority of the jury members wanted to convict this guy because they "thought" he was guilty based on the evidence presented. When finally asked if they knew he was guilty the same as the knew the sky was blue they all said no, they thought he was guilty but they did not know it so they all ultimately agreed he should be found not guilty.

It's amazing what a prosecutor will do when they really have a hard on for someone. I am sure there is some liberal D Bag in the CO state attorney's office looking for any possible thing they can use to stack charges on James Mapes in order to show how tough CO's justice system is on gun crimes, even when no crime has actually been committed.

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Originally Posted by cstone

Can you discuss the charges? Was there any evidence that could have been produced that would have made the difference for you?

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Yeah, a video of someone else stabbing the victim would have changed my mind on pressing charges. I spoke with the EDIT Prosecutor EDIT on the way out and let him know what he needed to do better next time. If you are employed with Adams County and think you know which case I am talking about, I'd be glad to discuss it with you as well.