No. He got a get out of jail free card because he was abused. Some of the charges stemmed from when they beat him, which were dropped because of his innocence. However, the charges that put him in jail were entirely prosecutable; the prosecutor just used their discretion to drop it.
It doesn't matter. Even if one vote felt coerced, all it took was one vote against death for him to avoid the death penalty. And they certainly had that.
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No. He got a get out of jail free card because he was abused. Some of the charges stemmed from when they beat him, which were dropped because of his innocence. However, the charges that put him in jail were entirely prosecutable; the prosecutor just used their discretion to drop it.