Hunter Biden is guilty of gun crimes but still shouldn’t go to jail, according to one of the jurors who voted to convict the president’s son.

The panelist, identified only as “Juror No. 10,” said in an audio-only interview with CNN that the jury was “not thinking of the sentencing” when it convicted Biden of three felonies related to this purchase of a gun while being a crack addict.

“I really don’t think that Hunter belongs in jail,” the juror said.

Nevertheless, the juror said, the case was a worthwhile use of taxpayer resources.

In explaining his opinion, the juror said Biden only was ever charged because sister-in-law and former paramour Hallie Biden found the gun and threw it out in a panic.

“If you looked at this case, you realize that when Hallie dumped the gun in the trash can and it was retrieved, and Hunter Biden did not want to press charges — because he was the victim of a theft of the firearm — he did not want to press any charges against Hallie,” Juror No. 10 told CNN.

He added that Hunter Biden could have taken his gun back, which “may have been what led to his downfall.”

“Had he taken possession of that gun, I don’t know if we would even have a trial because, you know, he may have sold the gun, got rid of the gun, sold it back to the gun shop, or whatever,” the juror said. “I believe that that means it was sitting in evidence and somebody got a hold of it and said, ‘Hey, let’s check this out a little bit more and see exactly how he obtained that gun.’”

Biden could be sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $750,000, though as a first offender, that punishment or anything close to it will almost certainly not happen.

• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.