Unless there's a plea deal, the case is dismissed or there is another unexpected turn of events, the final decision of who is right and wrong will be made by jurors.

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Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, who investigated the original murder and defended the prosecution's case in the appeal, urged the jurors to make their decision on the basis of what they had heard in court, not in the overwhelming media coverage.

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The court also overruled Ito's decision to inform jurors that Fuhrman had taken the Fifth Amendment outside of its presence.

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The jurors left the Greensboro courthouse within 30 minutes of delivering their decision late Thursday.

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She said jurors did not consider him much of a factor in their decision.

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Jury forewoman Dana Nash said it was a difficult decision because of Rafferty's age, calling him "a child", but that jurors were sceptical of some of the 17-year-old's testimony, saying they felt he contradicted himself.

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The jurors said they had based their decision essentially on the "many contradictions" in the testimonies of Katie and Lucy Smethurst, who incriminated Mr Sapstead nearly a year after the incident.

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