Hung

The liberty city 7 jury hung today as to 6 defendants and acquitted defendant Lemorin. A huge victory for the defense. More to follow.
--David Oscar Markus
www.markuslaw.com
305-379-6667

Pictures

Here's Chief Judge Moreno at yesterday's luncheon. He looks pretty fired up in facing the camera:

And here's Justice Thomas at the Palm Beach Bar meeting. The picture was uploaded from this Sun-Sentinel article.

Chief Judge Moreno at the federal bar luncheon

It was a great and engaging lunch this afternoon with the Chief taking a variety of questions, from the new Supreme Court decisions on sentencing to the new federal courthouse to multi-district litigation.

Moreno explained that he didn't control when the new courthouse would open and there was no fixed date... The over on that January 1, 2008 looks pretty good right now. The new over/under line is January 1, 2009.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas also spoke today to the Palm Beach Bar Association. Here's a report on that talk.

When are we going to get a verdict?

The Liberty City 7 jury has been awfully quiet since being Allen charged...

Are they going to compromise?
Hang?
Reach a verdict on all counts?

Thoughts?

''It is your duty to agree upon a verdict if you can do so."

That was Judge Lenard today to the Liberty City 7 jury. Apparently they sent another note today saying that they were still deadlocked. Judge Lenard read the "Allen charge" sometimes known as the dynamite charge... Defense lawyers hate this jury instruction because it typically leads juries to compromise.