How long will the Blagojevich jury deliberate?

BY ERICA SMITH • esmith@post-dispatch.com
BRIAN WILLIAMSON • bwilliamson@post-dispatch.com
AND RYAN MARTIN • rmartin@post-dispatch.com | Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:45 am

Jurors in the corruption retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are deliberating. Compare the length of his trial and deliberations to other famous criminal trials.

At the first trial, jurors deliberated 14 days, deadlocking on all but one charge; Blagojevich had pleaded not guilty to 24 counts. The retrial was streamlined to 20 counts, including charges that Blagojevich tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. The trial lasted 29 days; deliberations started June 10. Compare the length of the case to other well-known jury trials. Click on the bars for more information about each trial.

 

Note: Duration of trial assumes a Monday-through-Friday schedule, starting with opening arguments and ending when the jury begins its deliberations.

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Posted in Multimedia, Govt-and-politics, Political-fix, Illinois, Crime-and-courts on Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:45 am Updated: 1:44 am. | Tags: Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, Charles Manson, O.j. Simpson, Phil Spector, Robert Blake, Michael Jackson, John Gotti, Sam Sheppard, Bruno Hauptmann, Timothy Mcveigh, Johannes Mehserle, William Kennedy Smith, Lorena Bobbitt, Jury Deliberations, Courts, Brian Williamson, Erica Smith, Ryan Martin, Graphics