Appears to be in proper form across.
I'll ask that you published the birth.
In the Superior Court of Irwin County,
Georgia and the indictment.
2017 CR Zero 27 the state
of Georgia versus Ryan.
Alexander Duke.
We, the jury find the defendant
count 1 malice murder not guilty.
Count 2 felony murder not guilty count
3 felony murder not guilty count 4
aggravated assault not guilty count 5.
Burglary not guilty.
Count 6 concealing death of another guilty.
It is signed this day, May 20th,
2022 by and signed by the four person
alright. Thank you Mr Ross either
side like the jury to be pulled.
Not say OK all right?
I bet. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
So much for your service.
The court system calls upon
citizens to participate in the
operation of your government.
In these trials all the time,
you have done more than the average
citizen is called upon to do.
This case was longer than most,
more stressful than most.
Watched all of you during
the trial and you did.
You gave it your attention
that this case deserved.
I believe in our system.
The court system gets a lot of criticism,
of course, but it relies on its
citizens to make these decisions.
I'm the chief judge for the
spear courts in four counties.
I don't make these decisions.
Citizens do just citizens,
and that's the way it should be. Their
folks fighting and dying on the other
side of the world right now to do this
to govern themselves. It's never convenient.
It cost you. Money,
you know you get paid for doing this,
but it's not much. But thank you so
much you've got your little pay card.
The clerk will make sure that you're
compensated as you have been last week
or after the first couple of weeks,
I guess, anyway.
Bust at you for couple of weeks now about
not talking to anybody about this case.
That's over.
If you want to talk somebody.
Sometimes the attorneys,
maybe in this circumstance somebody
from the media may want to talk to
you and ask you what you thought
about this evidence or this or that,
or what you talked about in the
jury room you want to talk to them.
Fine if you don't.
Banned, tell him you want to talk about it.
We'll get you out of here today.
Nobody's going to jump on you today about it,
but if you're contacted,
please just do what you want to do.
For years I've been doing this one time.
I had to draw contact you and
say just help me out so much.
These folks won't leave me
alone about it and says I don't
think anybody will pester you,
but just tell them what you
know doesn't matter. Now.
As far as the course is, it's up to you.
Thank you again so much.
If you remember the board I or one
of the questions I ask is have any
of you in the jury panel served on
the jury within the last 12 months?
Used to every county would handle their
own jury box so we could keep up with
who was called when they were called,
how often they were called.
Now it all comes off of a
computer list out of Atlanta.
You get another jury summons.
You 1516 people get another jury summons in
the next two or three years you called me.
I'll let y'all y'all done y'all done
your civic duty for a while, all right,
let's everybody remain in place
while the jury leaves the courthouse.
Thank you all very much for your service.
You're being excused at this time.