Jury deliberation begins in Blagojevich trial
By The Associated Press
This article was published June 10, 2011 at 11:20 a.m.
CHICAGO — Jurors at the retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have begun deliberating.
Judge James Zagel told lawyers during a hearing on Friday that he was giving jurors copies of jury instructions so they could start. Closing arguments wrapped up Thursday.
The judge also told attorneys he couldn’t guess how long the jury might take to reach a decision.
At the first trial, jurors took two weeks and then deadlocked on all but one charge.
There are 20 counts against the former governor at the second trial.
Even before jurors can get into the nitty-gritty of the charges, they have other business to finish. That would include electing a foreman and organizing the hundreds of notebooks they likely filled during six weeks of testimony.
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