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The fastest verdict I recall involved a jury taking roughly 40 minutes to determine that the defendant's possession of child sexual abuse material was illegal, despite his reliance on an unsupported disclaimer asserting "All models are 18 or over: proof held on file."2 of them spent ordering and then eating lunch (I assume).
Juries hate looking at the evidence in cases like this, and so do judges, which means any defence strategy that forces them to is doomed from the start.
ETA: The test in English law is whether the jury can be sure that the model is not, or may not be, aged 18 or over. So, to put it another way, to vote to convict, the juror's reaction has to be something like "No way are they anything like 18!"
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