Oddly enough, the 11th circuit actually took a very hands off stance that could be used to set future precident. What worries me is that, even if convicted on the 6 hung jury accounts, he will appeal those up until the very partisan Supreme Court is able to hear this, side with the motion his lawyers are arguing, and vacate those convictions afterwards and leave this scumbag pretty much off the hook and able to just do it again, probably in Texas.

For clarification: The precident I'm nervous and excited about would be prosecution for crimes which resulted in a hung jury after presidential pardon which his legal team is arguing on the merits of 'double jeopardy' (Which I think wouldn't apply as it would be a retrial for crimes he is being accused of that did not result in a guilty or acquitted verdict) and that presidential pardons would mean carte blanche acquittal (Which, as we saw with Arapio or however Sheriff Joe's name is spelled, means that he would indeed have to be considered guilty for a pardon to take effect), which could empower a pardon potentially in a preemptive action that would vacate any teeth or liability for a possible guilty verdict short of him being guilty in verdict only.