Meanwhile, over at the Des Moines Register, one of the Dixie Shanahan jurors speaks out in a thoughtful, well-reasoned piece. Its always cool to hear how jurors have reached their decision, and I'm impressed with how seriously this jury took the authority given to them. Too often, the only stories you hear are about "runaway" juries who do things like consult ouija boards in reaching their decision (yes, that's an actual case). But despite the legal adage that you can never tell what a jury is going to do, most of the people I've talked to took their duty quite seriously and came to the best decision they could.