In Daredevil S01E03, What happened in court?
I don't watch a lot of courtroom dramas so maybe this episode expected me to understand something I just didn't but I didn't quite understand what happened with the courtroom verdict. They were defending this guy and it seemed like they were doing quite well. I especially like the pretty on-the-nose comment about their defendant facing judgement outside the courtroom. It was all played up like they were going to win a not guilty verdict for their client.
I didn't get what Fisk's goal was then. We see the man in glasses have a very vague conversation with the mob boss about taking care of Healy without leaving another body. We see him recover the gun Healy tried to use in the bowling alley and know he did something to keep the killed mob guy's people quiet. He also blackmails two of the jurors and at the end of the episode we cut from a hung jury to Healy free.
So I really just don't understand what happened. Was the man in glasses/Fisk doing all this because otherwise Matt and Foggy would have lost the case? The episode seemed to be playing it up like they were doing well and it would be nice to see them as competent lawyers. And even if all that was the case and I just missed it, how do you go from a hung jury to Healy being free in the next shot? Isn't there just a retrial and that guy would still be in jail until an actual verdict was found?
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A hung jury results in a mistrial, and may lead to the defendant being retried under some circumstances. However, in the event of a hung jury, the odds of a retrial are relatively low, due to the possibility of running afoul of double jeopardy clauses. SOURCE
As for why Fisk still blackmailed the jurors, in spite of how well Murdock and Nelson appeared to be doing, I think that's a simple matter of leaving nothing to chance. They won't risk losing a valuable asset like Healey based on the whims of twelve civilians.
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What happened to the Healy trial Daredevil?
Nelson had to assure him that Murdock knew what he was doing. Murdock then proceeded to give a long speech determining that the jury did not have enough evidence to convict Healy. The jurors returned with a hung jury, setting Healy free.Why was the jury hung in Daredevil?
Unless of course the juror was blackmailed to vote guilty which resulted in the hung jury. There is that comment form Healey "you made a fine speech Mr. Murdoch". But if that's the case I really don't understand what Fisk's goals through this whole thing were.What episode of Daredevil is the Punisher on trial?
Guilty as Sin is the eighth episode of the second season of the television series Daredevil.How did Fisk get the painting back?
After informing him of the theft of the piece from her family and denouncing that it was gifted to him "with love," she was allowed to keep the painting; however, Falb was later murdered by Benjamin Poindexter, who brought back the painting to Fisk as a gift.Matt Murdock addresses the court on morality
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