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February 17, 2006
Indecision 02.17.06
William Cotton's jury has reached two of its three verdicts. We just don't know what they've decided.
The jury sent a memo to District Judge Allan Edgar at 6 p.m.: "We are hung on count two, but have reached verdicts on counts one and three." They asked if the counts could be separated. "That is to say, is it an all-or-nothing situation?"
It was not, Edgar replied; the three counts were to be considered distinct from each other, and deadlock on a single count would not nullify other verdicts. But he encouraged the jury to continue deliberations.
Jurors then requested a recess until morning. There were no objections; court will reconvine at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
For the fourth stright day, William Cotton walked down the front steps of the Solomon Federal Building with his fate still uncertain. Again, he was followed by a phalanx of television cameras and declined comment. (He added a new touch by carrying a small child in the crook of his arm.) But this time the trial had dragged well into the evening, and it was getting dark outside.
News Update | By mesh | 07:01 PM
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