If there was sign of frustration, there was a hold out. Most likely, there is a dumb a– in the jury.

The best evidence for the defense is that Julie did absolutely nothing to get herself and her kids out of the situtation. She was losing weight and wouldn’t eat anything in the house but she let her KIDS
eat the food there.
The only thing she put alot of effort into was pointing the finger at
her husband.
Kathie, Hamilton, Ontario.

As a mother, I could not even imagine killing myself without care or instruction for my childrens care…. as well as setting up the father for murder so he would be taken away also., with an undetectable poison ?????? It doesnt make one bit of sense, Does’not add up……. Mr Jensen is alone responsible and I believe the jury will convict him.

Thank you Kathie!

thanks for keeping us updated, jean. it’s nice to see a familiar face and name in this new trial coverage format.

Congress is now considering the ‘Antifreeze safety act’ that mandates the addition of a yucky tasting additive called dentatonium benzoate to stop animals and children from drinking it and probably potential murders. CA & OR are there. What is taking so long?

I agree with Kathie. I think if anything she wanted her husband to suffer as much as she did with his on going affair. I think she did a great job of setting him up.

To Gia Insolia you took all the words right out of my mouth !!!!!!!!

IMHO, it was totally ridiculous for the judge to just assume that the jurors were OK with deliberating past 11pm.

A competent judge would have asked the jury, and asked no later than at 8pm, if they wanted to continue into the night, or simply continue fresh in the morning.

Bad, bad judge.

He has had 10 years of freedom…..Karma is about to make an appearance

In comment to Gia Insolia - you are speaking as someone in a sane frame of mind. I’m not so certain that a person would be in that frame of mind in a case such as this. I have known MANY women whose husbands have left them that would stop at nothing to destroy their ex - to include being cruel to their own children to get at the father; they believe that their ridiculous actions will further the view to the outside world as the wife being the poor victim and the husband ALWAYS the bad guy. It is VERY common.

If I were sequestered I would want to deliberate as long during the day/evening so that we could get it done and I could be realeased. Why waste time going back to a hotel to watch tv when you can work and figure out what the verdict is sooner.

I thought that there was a law passed a few years ago to mandate manufacturers of anti-freeze to add an ingredient that could be easily detected if it was ingested. It is now supposed to have a very unpleasant smell and taste.

Also the calendar shows she had planned on being alive. Mention that to Cynthia

Because jurors are lay people, they will focus on the basics - motive, opportunity, and supporting evidence - all in ample supply - without resort to esoteric arguments. The jury’s sequential request for the fundamental relevant evidence is a textbook verification of the prosecutor’s case - that can only lead to a conviction.

This is scary. I hope there’s not a hold out. I’m worried it will be like the Phil Spector trial and there is someone on the Jury who is over analizing everything and truly does not know the meaning of “reasonable doubt”. Those kinds of people would have doubt even if it were video taped!

She poisoned herself to set up her husband so that her kids would then be left alone? Oh come on! Yes, she had an affair too - but no mention that she tried to kill him over it.

Her note listed the drugs she was taking and would have in her system. Who would list that type of information in a note if they were going to frame someone? She suspected he would do something to harm her but didn’t know what.

I probably would be too nervous to eat too if I had had all that stress in my life - and would probably lose weight. Why wouldn’t she let her kids eat. She knew the husband wasn’t try to hurt the kids - only her.

To Kathie IN Ontario

I think you are being a little unfair to JULIE. Nobody really knows what was going on in the Jensen household at the time. All we know is that a young mother is dead. It’s always easier to know what to do when you are the one looking in. All together different when you are in the middle of it.

Infidelity is the hardest thing for anyone to deal with in any relationship.
seems like both had issues. Very sad story.To bad the children will be without their Mommy,or their Daddy if the jury comes back with a guilty response.The outcome will always be very hard for them.As they get older they will ask harder questions to their Dad than the court ever did to the event of their mothers death.
Very difficult case,Mark doesn’t look like a monster as he sits by his lawer lets hope he’s not.Both sides did a great job presenting the case.I hope they reach the correct desision.

I just hope there isn’t a Showboat Juror looking to “just want to grab the media spotlight” after the trial, as the “HOLDOUT” juror on a Hung Jury

I do think the evidence appears very strong for the prosecution. There is one thing that bothers me though. That is, Julie telling neighbors and friends that she was starting a new medication and not to worry if they did not see her for awhile. If she was worried about her husband killing her, why would she say this making it near certain that no one would be checking to see if she was ok if not seen. Maybe this is bothering a few on the jury.

tihs one is a no-brainer…must be one or two (O.J.-minded) jurors, holding out.

Why did Mark not take Julie to the doctor like Dr. Borman (my doctor) told him too. Plus his children asked him to also.. If nothing else, he is guilty of letting her die..He did not care and that should be obvious..

I actually live in Kenosha and have been watching this case since it happened. For years they fought over whether the letter from Julie should be included. Then after a judge ruled YES they fought over whether he could get a fair trial here in Kenosha and asked for a change of venue thus it is now in Walworth county. As far as I am concerned this has been TO LONG in happening and maybe justice will finally happen.

I too agree with Gia Insolia. I don’t believe that she tried to commit
suicide by poisoning herself! I can’t understand what’s taking the jurors so long.

That guy should have been in jail along time ago. He’s a creep! I can’t believe the jurors are taking so long to convict him.

If there was a chance she killed herself, a jury would have a hard time with reasonable doubt. They must work through this. It will take some time to convict, but in the end they will.

I agree with Kathie. She did absolutely nothing to protect her children. So when the question is raised “Would Julie commit suicide and leave her children?” Absolutely! She wasn’t taking care of them prior to her untimely death, she was too busy battling with her husband.

One other thing bothers me, so if anyone can shed some light on this please do so….I watch the video tape that was showed to the jury of Julie dead in bed. There was no evidence that an EMT was there. And they had to repostion the bed spread it was up to her shoulders. If she was dead why did they cover her completely. I beleive the EMT moved the body.

Secondly, if Julie believed that the she was the women in the pronographic photos with different men, she must of been cheating on her husband, since it wasn’t him in the pictures.

Jean…PLEASE ask CNN/Live to at least carry the sheet of paper with the clock on it, that tells us the jury is still in session. It’s a form of torture for those of us who have been religously watching online! If you weren’t doing the live updates, I would have to catch the Kenosha Newspaper the next morning.
I still believe the jury has some smart cookies on it! Jean did an update yesterday and this is quite a mix of talented people, an engineer, a nursing assistant, stenographer, and another one with a medical backround of some type. Intelligence plus evidence, I think Mark’s hours are numbered. Remember we’re talking about 30+ days of testimony and evidence.

Does anyone know what is going on now? Is the jury still deliberating? There have been no updates from Jean and I feel out of the loop. Don’t want to miss anything after watching all these weeks. We are just left hanging here.

I can understand a basis for seeing Julie as a suicide though I do not believe she killed herself. Let’s be honest, there are SOME people (man or woman) who are capable of taking such steps to frame their spouse. Many say she could have picked up the phone and called 911 or run away with the boys if she believed Mark was trying to kill her. She was educated and perhaps she knew that women who try to run from abusive men are most likely to be killed IF/WHEN they leave. She could have hoped she could at least save the boys from him by leaving the note and telling others he was trying to kill her. The bottom line for me is that I can’t see how a reasonable (innocent) person would continue to leave a spouse who seemed so out of it and not take her to the hospital. Forget the doctor who had been no help. Don’t wait - just call 911.

Looking at the time the jury has been “out” in the Jenson case tells me we may have a hung jury. OMG…Amy, Houston, TX

maybe the holdout was thinking to go along with the others last night …and the jurors thought they would have a verdit today…and the hodout this morning changed their mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well……i think this is a very difficult case for the jurors because the defense HAS created a reasonable doubt in my mind, although i think he did it………or PROBABLY did it, to be accurate. and that is the problem: i think he PROBABLY did it, but i don’t know beyond a reasonable doubt if he did it!

there are pluses and minuses on both sides. it’s a complicated circumstantial case.

it may well be a hung jury in the end…

I am so proud of the jury. They spoke for Julie, making a decision to put someone away for life is doing something for Julie and her children! They all need to be so very proud of themselves for diliberating with honestly. The state represented Julie’s sons and justice was served. Mark Jensen needs to be taken out of our society and serve is crime.

I cant believe that he was found guilty . This woman killed herself and i cant believe she won from the grave