I’m not too concerned about the jury questions tbh, the insulin is complicated (I don’t still fully understand it), and they haven’t had a chance to discuss this together until recently and fully assimilate all the evidence they’ve heard. They don’t have the benefit of googling and doing further research, and for all we know one of them may have a passing knowledge of insulin and has got their facts muddled.
They have rearranged their lives for nine months, lost out financially, likely missed family events and kids nativities, had to sit through months of complex medical information and harrowing details of babies being murdered that they can’t discuss with anyone else. At least one of them has had some significant medical issues, there may have been bereavements, family illnesses, major life changes in the last nine months. To assume they’re stupid and not taking it seriously does them a massive disservice IMO. Given how much they have to consider, and what is at stake here, I’d be shocked if they came back within a working week of deliberations. It’s easy for us to say we think she’s guilty but a) we haven’t actually heard or seen all the evidence and been reliant on often patchy reporting and b) we’re not actually responsible for making a decision which could send someone to prison for the rest of their life, or deny bereaved families justice, not to mention the pressure of making such a decision in a high profile case like this. Whatever the verdict, the time it’s taking would indicate they’re taking it seriously, and if they don’t think the evidence holds up, it doesn’t make them thick or stupid, just means having been the only twelve people (aside from those involved) who have actually heard all the evidence, they don’t think there is enough to show she is guilty.
Sorry that was longer than I thought, but I really feel for them all today