The day after closing arguments in Hunter Biden's felony gun trial wrapped up on Monday, 12 Delaware jurors delivered their verdict: guilty on all three counts, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. President Joe Biden has said that he would not pardon his son.
Although the jury needed less than 24 hours to convict, some jurors said afterwards that they felt bad doing so and that the prosecution case seemed aimed "as much to embarrass as it was to convict," in the words of USA Today.
“Honestly, it was heart-wrenching,” Juror 10 told the publication.
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