So the jury apparently convicted on all counts, but the judge is already on record as saying that Waters' actions give grounds for a mistrial on appeal.

Some of the interviews there already have people saying it isn't over and they are going to continue being on the streets. Which I am sure is no surprise to any of us here.

For Gulchers versed in the law, what do you think about the likelihood of a successful appeal leading to a declaration of mistrial? It is just gobsmacking to me that the jury wasn't sequestered on day, let alone last week.

As I see it the defense attorneys have the following in support:

1. No jury sequestration in a wildly nationally public and hot case
2. Waters' demands of a guilt of murder or them being "more confrontational" in the streets
3. No jury sequestration when the riots started
4. Possibly the POTUS talking about them needing to reach "the right verdict"
5. Apparently (I've not confirmed) the non-sequestered jurors' personal information was released including their address last Friday or so.
6. The trial in a hot case with this level of violence and uproar around it was held in the very place all of this was going on


Now I admit my knowledge of trial around this kind of thing is decades old, but that sounds like a decent case for a mistrial, with Waters' remarks being perhaps the "final straw" as noted by the judge.

Now, on that, why they hell did he deny the sequester request, any reasonable ideas?