Hmm, seems the 12 are not playing nicely:
Four hours after beginning deliberations in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), jurors sent a note to the judge requesting a break because things are "kind of stressful."
"We need a minute of clarity for all," the jury foreman wrote in the note, which was read aloud in court by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan.
Sullivan then sent the jury of eight women and four men home. The jury, which will return to deliberate this morning, was given the case yesterday after hearing a lengthy set of instructions from Sullivan and listening to a month of testimony.
I'll just take a guess here. No strong leader has emerged in the jury room, so they're casting about for a method to get a handle on the voluminous jury instructions and evidence. There may be a wacko who declared he was for acquittal the moment the door shut behind them, too.
I would be encouraged if I were on Stevens's team right about now.
Update October 23rd: Uh oh.
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