"If your verdict sheet could say 'reluctantly not guilty,' that's the box I want you to check."
The court reversed the conviction because the trial judge gave the jury an improper verdict sheet.
But there appeared to be some division on the panel, with one unidentified juror refusing to sign the verdict sheet.
He also complained that some of the jury's findings on its verdict sheet were inconsistent.
The entire jury award, including $10 million in punitive damages, was returned against her, according to the verdict sheet.
They handed the judge the verdict sheet and I watched his jaw drop.
On the verdict sheet, the jury noted that "execution would not be an option" if the case had been tried in state court.
Only five of the six jurors had signed the verdict sheet on Monday.
Participants in the case said today that the juror who refused to sign the verdict sheet is a black woman, one of two black jurors.
Today's verdict sheet included the signatures of all six jurors.
