Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. The jury that there is a third option, there is guilt, there is not guilty, and there is a hung jury. The judge declined to do that and said that if the jury were to come back again and say they remain deadlocked, the judge will ask them how many counts theyve reached a verdict on. Hell then consult with the lawyers and decide whether or not to take whats called a partial verdict which means to have the jury announce those counts to which theyve reached unanimous agreement. Now, correct me if im wrong, the trials that ive covered in the past, dan, and youre the lawyer and former prosecutor, a judge will only repeat that allen charge so many times, or else risk, you know, being overturned on appeal if it ends up being a conviction, that east putting too much pressure on a deadlocked jury. Youre exactly right, andrea. Even the judge mentioned that his objective was not to be coercive t
that he red them the allen charge on this first note on being stuck on one of the counts? that s a very good question, andrea. often the judge will just say, you know, answer this question to say, just keep trying, essentially, and then before the next time they come out to reed the allen charge. i m not surprised because they ve been out for three days diligently working. this is not a jury that seems to be eager to get out of there that s trying to give short shrift to the evidence. i think everyone who observes this thinks they re meticulously going through it, they decided themselves to stay late last night. when they work this long on a trial, it did seem reasonable and appropriate to give the allen charge and neither of the parties objected to the judge doing so. we appreciate both of your expertise there, thank you so much. obviously we ll have more breaking news as it develops do you go our hour and throughout the day.