Would you have acquited William Lynch?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Technically, they hung 8-4 on the misdemeanor assault charge, but acquitted on the two felony assault charges and the elder abuse charge.  Judging by the article, it sounds like the prosecutors tacked on more serious charges to pressure Lynch into a plea deal. (Most cases are resolved by plea deals.) Then when Lynch rejected the deal, they went ahead and tried all of the charges rather than back down.  If it had been just the misdemeanor assault charge that went to the jury, they might have found him guilty, but I'd be willing to say that at least one of the four who voted to acquit him on that charge as well were reacting to the excess of overcharges.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I would have lynched him, obviously.

You can't lynch somebody by yourself.

At least not in South Carolina.  SC law uses lynching to refer to mob violence. Lynching in the first degree is if the victim dies, lynching in the second degree is if the victim survives.