One of my clients sat on a jury in a capital case years ago. She got the impression that it wasn't going to be unanimous but definitely a 10-2 majority vote. The 2 jurors who opted for life imprisonment told her a couple of years later that since they knew it didn't have to be unanimous, they voted for life so they wouldn't have it on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
One of my clients sat on a jury in a capital case years ago. She got the impression that it wasn't going to be unanimous but definitely a 10-2 majority vote. The 2 jurors who opted for life imprisonment told her a couple of years later that since they knew it didn't have to be unanimous, they voted for life so they wouldn't have it on their conscience for the rest of their lives.