Greg B - I just about always decide on "not guilty". I find the lawyers on both sides go more for over emotive theatrics than for objective evidence. Regardless of what my instinct tells me, if I'm trying to judge the case on the evidence presented, I just about always feel there wasn't enough real evidence to prove anything. So I always have reasonable doubts. Most of the time, I can phrase these doubts as very specific questions I would like to have the lawyers answer about the case. But of course, I can't ask them.

Despite the numerous times I've already been on jury duty, I 've so far only had to deliberate once. The other times, I was either the alternate, and dismissed when the case went to deliberation, or the case was settled out of court. On that one case, regarding Burglary in the 5th degree (Intent to burglarize, without being successful - he was caught in the act!) most of the jury felt the same way immediately (not enough real evidence) and the rest soon came around. We had a fairly short deliberation, and only found him guilty of trespassing, which he had admitted to already.