02-19-2014, 11:12 AM
JUROR #4 (VALERIE) SPEAKS OUT
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Her beliefs:
"I believed he was guilty," Valerie said in an interview with ABC's "Nightline" early Wednesday. Also known as Juror No. 4, she asked that her full name not be given in order to protect her identity.
For Valerie, it never should have happened at all. Dunn could have chosen another path.
"Roll your window up, ignore the taunting, put your car in reverse ... move a parking spot over. That's my feeling."
Regarding the murder charge - jury deadlocked over self-defense:
On the murder charge, Valerie said the jury split over the issue of self-defense.
Florida law says the use of deadly force is justifiable if someone reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.
Valerie said the jury's first vote was 10-2 in favor of a murder conviction. Over nearly 30 hours of deliberations, the vote became 9-3.
Regarding the attempted murder convictions:
Ultimately, the jury convicted Dunn on the charges of attempted murder.
Valerie said all the jurors felt Dunn crossed a line when he continued to fire at the SUV as it fled the scene. In their minds, any threat Dunn may have felt before had passed.
"We all believed that there was another way out, another option," she said.
Jordan Davis' parents response to verdicts:
Ron Davis, the victim's father, told ABC's "Good Morning America" he believed Dunn should have been found guilty of first-degree murder. But the father said he thought jurors tried hard to render a just decision.
"We believe absolutely with all of our hearts that they did everything that they could to come to what they believe was the most just decision," said Jordan Davis' mother, Lucia McBath. "We do now know that they were torn."
Ref:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/justice/fl...?hpt=hp_t2
Her beliefs:
"I believed he was guilty," Valerie said in an interview with ABC's "Nightline" early Wednesday. Also known as Juror No. 4, she asked that her full name not be given in order to protect her identity.
For Valerie, it never should have happened at all. Dunn could have chosen another path.
"Roll your window up, ignore the taunting, put your car in reverse ... move a parking spot over. That's my feeling."
Regarding the murder charge - jury deadlocked over self-defense:
On the murder charge, Valerie said the jury split over the issue of self-defense.
Florida law says the use of deadly force is justifiable if someone reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.
Valerie said the jury's first vote was 10-2 in favor of a murder conviction. Over nearly 30 hours of deliberations, the vote became 9-3.
Regarding the attempted murder convictions:
Ultimately, the jury convicted Dunn on the charges of attempted murder.
Valerie said all the jurors felt Dunn crossed a line when he continued to fire at the SUV as it fled the scene. In their minds, any threat Dunn may have felt before had passed.
"We all believed that there was another way out, another option," she said.
Jordan Davis' parents response to verdicts:
Ron Davis, the victim's father, told ABC's "Good Morning America" he believed Dunn should have been found guilty of first-degree murder. But the father said he thought jurors tried hard to render a just decision.
"We believe absolutely with all of our hearts that they did everything that they could to come to what they believe was the most just decision," said Jordan Davis' mother, Lucia McBath. "We do now know that they were torn."
Ref:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/justice/fl...?hpt=hp_t2