Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
After three days and approximately 15 hours of deliberations, a Detroit
jury still has not been able to reach a verdict in the retrial of Walter
Budzyn.
Since jurors began deliberations on Thursday, they have asked for to
hear an audiotape of Budzyn's testimony from his March 5 direct
examination and today had the testimony of Ralph Fletcher and Robert
Knox read back to them. During Budzyn's first trial in which he was
convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Malice Green, the jury
deliberated for eight days before reaching the verdict.
There is no decisive way of speculating which direction jurors may be
swaying in Budzyn's second trial. But prosecutor Douglas Baker spoke
briefly to reporters late Monday afternoon and insisted that he was not
worried by the fact that the jury has yet to reach a decision. Noting
that the trial was a long one, the prosecutor said the jurors' continued
requests for testimony indicate that they are indeed working toward
reaching a verdict and that he is not expecting a hung jury.
Jurors did not deliberate over the weekend and are not sequestered. On
average, they have come to court at 9 am and deliberated until
approximately 4:15 in the afternoon each day. The jury will return to
continue deliberations first thing tomorrow morning.
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Kathy E
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