AP: CIA Leak Jury Enters 5th Day of Debate

[PhilipShore]

02-27
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/27/national/w062109S91.DTL&type=politics

After the judge dismissed one of its members, the jury finished a fourth day of deliberations Monday without a verdict in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Most of the morning was consumed by deciding what to do about an art historian on the jury who saw or read something over the weekend about the trial. After interviewing her in private along with lawyers in the case, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled that "what she had exposure to obviously disqualifies her."

The judge let the jurors continue deliberating with just 11 members after the defense endorsed that option. He overruled prosecutors who asked him to seat one of two alternate jurors who heard the trial and remain on standby.

Walton said he didn't want to "throw away two and a half days" of discussions the jury has had since getting the case at midday last Wednesday. If an alternate had been seated, the jury would have been required to begin its deliberations over from the beginning.

[wakeme2008]

1. this is not smelling good to me

:cry:

[WiseButAngrySara]

2. Why? ....n/t

[PhilipShore]

4. Hung Jury n/t

[AlCzervik]

3. how so? There is a lot of information to look over and 2 charges

they should take their time.

[Solo_in_MD]

7. Sure looks like they are hung

[redirish28]

5. I think it is a good sign that they are still working...HOWEVER

I am still trying to figure out about the dismissed juror from yesterday. My friend may a comment yesterday that has me wondering: Could she have been a plant that was design to just gather infomation. And if two counts had been decided one way or another she was to get out and give Bushco the info so they could plan accordingly?

[PhilipShore]

6. I think she just wanted to no longer be on the jury...

I am not lawyer; but my guess is that the - hung jury - is doing a lot of paper shuffling, and going thru meaningless motions, so as to appear to be busy - so out of frustration the juror "accidentally" read a newspaper to get off of jury duty.