[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Kathy,
Hung jury perhaps?
Bill
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:39:46 -0500 Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>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.
>--
>Kathy E
>"I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and
>tomorrow
>isn't looking too good for you either"
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