1.   The jury had no reason to disbelieve the witnesses.

2.   The jury had to choose between the conflicting testimonies of expert witnesses.

3.   The jury had to Decide whether he killed John Bishop intentionally or whether it was an accident.

4.   The jury has to Decide whether the killing was an intentional act.

5.   The jury would have no role in most homicide cases, since a plea of guilty would be the norm.

6.   Unlike the criminal trial, the jury did not have to render a unanimous verdict, although it did.

7.   The jury had a great deal of evidence to sort through before reaching a verdict.

8.   The jury has yet to reach verdicts on another seventeen charges.

9.   The jury also had to consider the accuracy of a reconstruction of events prior to the accident.