9 women and 3 men on the jury is a terrible setup for Sam.

  • Pregnant 39-year-old doctor's assistant - 100% judgmental.

  • The social worker will judge.

  • A charity fundraiser will judge.

  • Correctional officer - will condemn.

  • A subway conductor with five children might give Sam a chance.

  • A teacher from a special education school will judge.

  • Librarian - Sends Sam to Hell.

  • A guy with cancer who can still be cured is Sam's hope. This man was a banker and can show the rest of the jury that Sam is innocent.

  • The rest of the jury will sympathize with him. Sam has a chance of being acquitted if the cancer patient buys some version of the defense.

Conclusions from the opening statements in the Sam Bankman-Fried case:

- The prosecutor's office focuses on the fact that SBF deliberately took money from clients and used it to finance its luxurious life.

- The prosecution claims that they have evidence, including the testimony of Caroline Ellison and Sam’s own tweets.

- Sam's defense team is emphasizing that the collapse is to blame for the volatility of the crypto market, which can drown any business. SBF faced a storm when Alameda's creditors began withdrawing money abruptly.

- The defense is trying to blame Ellison for the collapse. Sam told her to hedge Alameda trades, but she didn't.

-The defense admitted that Alameda had privileges on FTX: there was a computer code that allowed Alameda to withdraw an unlimited amount of money. This was done simply for convenience.