> so if I hadn’t spoken up during deliberation You are not allowed to use your own expertise that is not presented in the trial to inform your decisions. That

> so if I hadn’t spoken up during deliberation You are not allowed to use your own expertise that is not presented in the trial to inform your decisions. That is by law. Or at least, it was in Massachusetts when I last served on a jury. Which brought me to actual tears, btw, because the eyewitness testimony was being weighed too heavily.