Not Guilty
The testimony of this case is extremely flawed. Flawed enough to create reasonable doubt in my mind. First is the old man's testimony of hearing the suspect's voice say, "I'm going to kill you." We came to a consensus here that a five-car el train takes approximately ten seconds to pass a given point--in this case, the window where the boy's father was murdered. Since the woman across the street is positive she witnessed the murder through the windows of the last two cars, the suspect would have had to speak as the front of the train went by. As juror Eight clearly pointed out, it is not possible the old man could have heard the boy's voice over the el train--it would have been far too loud. Mention of the woman across the street brings me to the second flaw. As jurors Eleven, Nine, and Four vividly remember, this woman wears bifocals--strong ones according to Eleven. Now we all know that no one wears glasses to bed. Yet, this woman claims she turned over in her bed, looked out the window, and saw the murder taking place. She also testified that a second later, the lights across the street went out. She couldn't have had the time to put her glasses on before witnessing the murder--there simply wasn't enough time. Instead, I'll tell you what she saw: two blurry figures--that's it! She did not see the suspect in clear vision. While the first part of her testimony holds credible, the latter is just her assumption--and an assumption is not strong enough to put this boy to death. And then there's the third flaw. There is another portion of the old man's testimony that just doesn't fit. He claims that fifteen seconds after he heard the body fall to the ground, he got out of his bed, grabbed his canes, made his way down the hallway, opened the front door, and looked to see the suspect running down the stairs--all this in 15 seconds! According to the apartment layout we recently took a look at, the distance he described is around 55 feet. Eight did a fair simulation, and according to Two's watch, it would have taken the old man at least double the amount of time he testified. I do not know for sure who committed this murder. I do not know if or how much of the suspect's testimony is a lie. But I do know that with the flaws in this case, there is definitely reasonable doubt in my mind. There is not enough evidence for this boy to be put to death. My vote is not guilty.