After its second day of deliberations, the jury in the trial of blogger Harold Turner, who is charged with posting threats against three federal judges, went home yesterday without reaching a verdict. By mid-afternoon, the jurors seemed certain they could not reach a verdict. “We are unable to come to an agreement and are convinced that we will not ever be able to make a unanimous decision,” the jurors reported in a note.
After the judge, Judge Donald Walter of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation, instructed them to continue to deliberate, the jurors softened their tone. Shortly after 4 p.m. they wrote, “We are confident we will not align on a decision today by 5:00 and request that we please be released with the intent to return tomorrow.”
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