Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger entered the fourth day of deliberations today after a judge urged them Thursday to try to reach a verdict on each of the racketeering counts, the Boston Globe reports. “You have a duty to attempt to reach agreement on each of the racketeering…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal jury will resume deliberations today in the racketeering and murder trial of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger after submitting five questions for the judge, CNN reports. The eight men and four women wanted to know whether they needed to vote unanimously on 33 “predicate” acts in one of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors in the murder and racketeering trial of suspected mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will deliberate for the second day after both sides delivered their closing remarks Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Bulger is charged with participating in 19 murders and wreaking havoc in Boston as the former leader of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors may decide as early as today whether Army Ranger Justin Slaby, who had his arm blown off, was unfairly denied a job with the FBI because of his prosthetic arm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Deliberations of the eight-person jury began Tuesday. Slaby, 30, says he was fired after the…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Jury deliberation drags on for an 8th day in ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards’ corruption case. The jury must decide whether $925,000 in gifts, used to cover up Edwards’ extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, was merely social capital, or illegal campaign contributions… and they must decide whether Edwards understood them as such. The jury…
