The Big Reach
Mar 24, 2026 · 31 min · 14 segments
The jury speaks out, a new lawyer steps in, and the case heads in a new direction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of…
Mar 24, 2026 · 31 min · 14 segments
The jury speaks out, a new lawyer steps in, and the case heads in a new direction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of…
Josh MankiewiczHost
This was the moment they had all waited for, the defendant, the attorneys, the press, and those fixated by this scene.
I'm surprised that more lawyers don't have heart attacks while they're waiting for jury verdicts.
[laughs]
That is prosecutor Laura Gunn, who spoke with me shortly after the trial ended.
There was such intense scrutiny of this.
My whole family was following it.
I'd been working on it for two years.
The trial took a full month.
It mattered a great deal.
Judge Peter Dedda took his seat, and then, for two excruciating minutes, nothing happened.
We're bringing in the jury right now, so that's why there's a little bit of a delay.
I was very nervous.
Jury's been 8 1/2.
Cindy Sommer, her hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing a dark pinstripe suit, watched the jury file in.Her face showed no emotion.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
Good morning.
It's my understanding that you have reached a verdict.
Yes.
Yes.
All right, juror number four, could you please hand that forward to my bailiff?
You know, you can try to read juries coming in, but I've had such bad experiences both ways with trying to guess that I don't even try to guess anymore.
Verdict: We, the jury, find the defendant, Cynthia A.
This was the moment they had all waited for, the defendant, the attorneys, the press, and those fixated by this scene.
I'm surprised that more lawyers don't have heart attacks while they're waiting for jury verdicts.
[laughs]
That is prosecutor Laura Gunn, who spoke with me shortly after the trial ended.
There was such intense scrutiny of this.
My whole family was following it.
I'd been working on it for two years.
The trial took a full month.
It mattered a great deal.
Judge Peter Dedda took his seat, and then, for two excruciating minutes, nothing happened.
We're bringing in the jury right now, so that's why there's a little bit of a delay.
I was very nervous.
Jury's been 8 1/2.
Cindy Sommer, her hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing a dark pinstripe suit, watched the jury file in.Her face showed no emotion.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
Good morning.
It's my understanding that you have reached a verdict.
Yes.
Yes.
All right, juror number four, could you please hand that forward to my bailiff?
You know, you can try to read juries coming in, but I've had such bad experiences both ways with trying to guess that I don't even try to guess anymore.
Verdict: We, the jury, find the defendant, Cynthia A.
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