Miscarriage of Justice: A Jury’s Quick Dismissal

As a former homicide detective, I am outraged at the decision to call a mistrial in the Chanel Lewis case (“Judge & fury,” Nov. 22).

What was the jury thinking? His DNA was found on her phone and under her fingernails. How did her father hugging her compromise the scene?

As for the judge, he should be ashamed of himself for acting way too quickly. He should have sent the jury home for Thanksgiving and brought them back on Friday. I feel so bad for the victim’s family and friends.

Raymond Muise Palmer, Mass.

The mistrial in the Vetrano murder case is one of the worst miscarriages of justice I have ever seen. It looks like the judge and jury both wanted to get home for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The judge failing to force the jury to deliberate further is a disgrace.

I was on a jury for a petty-theft crime, and the judge forced us to deliberate for three days to finally reach a verdict.

Warren Goldfein Mount Arlington, NJ

Every single letter in Friday’s section on the Vetrano trial complains the jury did something wrong (“A Heartbreaking Outcome,” Nov. 23). The jurors did what they were selected to do.

Just because people don’t want the family to go through another trial, doesn’t make Chanel Lewis guilty.

For hundreds of years, white people have systematically convicted black men because of the word of one person. Only in the past few years have the convictions been getting overturned.

S. George The Bronx

It is nothing less than outrageous that the jurors were unable to reach a decision in the murder of Karina Vetrano.

The prosecution case was as solid as could be. The defendant confessed to the crime and his DNA was found at the scene.

Still, the 12 members of the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision. Why? It is long past time to rethink the traditional unanimous jury verdict, and replace it with a simple majority.

Far too often these days, jurors get hung up on the phrase, “beyond a reasonable doubt” and discount compelling evidence of a defendant’s guilt if they feel any doubt at all.

David Shapiro Manhattan

The Thanksgiving holiday may have played a role in last Tuesday’s dismissal of the Vetrano jury, but not as The Post suggests (“Rush From Justice,” Editorial, Nov. 23).

Judge Aloise may have feared the jury deliberations would go on into Wednesday, and the jurors would then hurry to reach a verdict they otherwise would not so they could go home for the holiday.

Donald Nawi Scarsdale