At least according to the Washington Post:
“Jurors considering perjury charges against I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby are still working to reach a conclusion after seven days of deliberation and don’t expect to arrive at a verdict by the end of this week, according to a note they sent to the case¬øs presiding judge this afternoon.
The 11 jurors asked U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to release them at 2 p.m. Friday so some jurors can attend to personal engagements. Walton later said he presumed jurors would not have a verdict The communication indicates that the jurors are not hopeful of reaching a decision by that time and expect to continue deliberating next week in the case against Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff.
We the jury respectfully request to be excused at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 2, to attend to personal professional and medical obligations that can¬øt be addressed during our weekend, jurors wrote to Walton in a note posted on the court’s Web site late this afternoon.
The judge responded that he would allow the jury to leave at that time.
Addressing the jury shortly after 4:30 p.m., Walton noted the jurors casual clothing and said he “knew we wouldn’t have a verdict today. He then added, referring to the note he had just received: And I assume they will not have a verdict tomorrow either.”
Walton then sent the jury home for the day.
It’s not usually a good sign for the defendant when a jury takes such long deliberations, but in this case just by the cavalier attitude of the jury and the judge, I’m sticking with my “Scooter Walks” prediction. However, I would note that juries are more harder to read than my wife when she replies “nothing!” to my “Is there anything wrong my love?”
UPDATE: Clarice Feldman reports the same for no verdict this week, plus her take on where it might end up.
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March 2nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
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