Jury Nullification - Judge Has Questions
Location: Virginia
I served on a jury recently. I'll spare all the gory details, but some of the charges ended in a hung jury while others were decided upon (some guilty, some not).
As a juror, I believed the defense's claim of self-defense, so I voted not guilty on all charges INCLUDING counts of discharging a firearm in a public place. My fellow jurors tried to tell me that I HAVE to vote guilty because the defendant did discharge a firearm in a public place per the written description of the charge provided to us by the court, but I refused to convict due to the fact that I believed it was self-defense. My fellow jurors didn't believe me, so we asked the judge if a juror has the right to vote however they choose, even if they believe a crime has occurred. The judge of course confirmed my right as a juror.
Fast forward to today - the judge wants to talk to me about these questions as the foreman. I know I didn't do anything wrong or illegal, and I definitely didn't pressure anybody to change their vote. I just said that I wouldn't vote that way since it's self defense and informed the rest of the jury of their rights. But I still feel anxious about the situation, and I'm concerned that I'll be blacklisted from future jury service. And I want to be the one to talk to the judge because if they ask someone else, I fear I may be misrepresented.
My general question(s) are these:
If I retell the story as I did in this post, is it likely that I will still be in the rotation for jury duty?
Would my conversation put the case (for the case that we already closed, the convictions that were unanimous) at risk of a retrial?
Any other general advice would be helpful.
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