The  Pittsburgh Tribune Review here and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette here report that there is still no verdict in the Wecht trial (see here for background).   So the question is – how long do you wait for a jury to decide?

Lets look at former Governor of Illinois Ryan’s case, a case in which the jury eventually convicted.  The court seated the alternates in that case – here in Wecht’s case they went with 11 jurors. But juror errors played a prominent role on Ryan’s appeal.  Unfortunately for the defense, the 7th circuit affirmed (here) – although there was a strong dissent and that case has a petition for cert. pending (here) in the Supreme Court. 

In the Wecht case the jury is having a leisurely deliberation.  Interestingly this is a sharp contrast to some other juries –

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