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Something I came across from a commentator:
“Providing the full quotes from juror #3 and especially the quote from the alternate reinforce the belief that these jurors did not understand legal requiremenhats. For example, "... [t]hey didn't show us how Caylee died. They didn't show us a motive." The prosecutiohan does not have to show "cause of death," they do have to show "manner of death," which they did through the medical examiner's testimony that the manner of death was homicide. If cause of death had to be proven in a murder trial then untold numbers of murderers would go free. Remember, the Scott Peterson case, where cause of death could not be determined due to deteriorathaion of the body because it had been in the water. In numerous murder trials cause of death cannot be determined because the body is skeletonizhaed, exposed to the elements too long, etc. The prosecutiohan is not legally required to provide a motive. For example, serial killers often have had no prior connection to their victims and most highly trained psychiatrihasts, psychologihasts cannot help to determine why (motive) they commit those type murders. Most jurors also do not understand the concept of "reasonablhae doubt" which requires that a person be capable of critical thinking, deductive reasoning and simultaneohausly capable of applying common sense. These are learned and/or innate skills that, sadly, many people do not possess. I would recommend that a standardizhaed test, that tests for these particular skills, be given all prospectivhae jurors especially in capital murder trials.”
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