CHICAGO (AP)--jurors weighing the evidence against Rod Blagojevich were so determined to avoid the acrimony they have adopted a communication technique suggested by a teacher of primary school on the Panel and elected a choir of the former as printed Director is committed to ensuring harmony.
Even if long cramped in a jury room deliberations to try to understand the legalese and listen to the FBI eavesdropping jurors left, drained printed Connie Wilson and other jurors had said Tuesday, a day after they convicted Blagojevich on most of the charges.
"White nights were part of the process," Wilson, 56, said his house in suburban Naperville. "You can wake up wondering - you're all right."
The Group has filed in court Monday to deliver verdicts of guilty on 20 counts 17, including all expenses related to the allegation that Blagojevich is seeking to sell or such appointment of the President Barack Obama of vacant trade seat in the Senate. At the first trial last year of Blagojevich, jurors deadlocked on 23 of 24 counts, with a lone exclusion preventing the convictions for the seat of the Senate.
Jurors at the second trial has sought to avoid the opponent a juror most by adopting a "punches to five" method used by the teacher in his school: the votes on a charge, jurors held a fist tight if they thought Blagojevich was not guilty or extending five fingers so fully convinced he was guilty. These fully satisfied could take one to four fingers – fingers less, more doubts.
"He did not put people on the line, but let everyone know that some people still have questions, and if we go back and look at the evidence again," said Wilson.
No single juror never systematically promoted the acquittal and had to be courted, said Wilson. Those who might have doubts about a count could be with the majority on the next, she said.
And no jurors were forget never.
"Person just is entered in the jury room and said, ' he is guilty, it is that,'" she said.
Jurors is gone through each of the charges, commencing with the allegation of the Senate, said Wilson.
"People thought that was clear," said Wilson.
The more difficult to sort through, she said, was the claim that Blagojevich wanted to accept a grant of 2 million for a school district of then - U.S.. Rep. Rahm Emanuel of until the brother of Emanuel Hollywood agent held a fundraiser for Blagojevich. the money was finally released and no fundraising took place.
It is this, and a further allegation that Blagojevich tried to shake down a road construction Executive who consumed the last days of deliberations, said Wilson. Jurors agreed on 18 counts at the end of last week - including the guilty verdicts 17 and the not guilty - but wanted to take the weekend to see if all the positions could change on the count relating to school. They are not.
Some jurors said that they find Blagojevich presence, and may have helped his case in a few places. Juror Jessica Hubinek said she thought that the story of life of the Blagojevich at the start of his testimony was "inspiring", but he becomes evasive on cross-examination.
"It has become less convincing," said 32-year librarian.
And the jury noted that some days Blagojevich appeared to contradict his own testimony and sometimes referred to as it was back in an election campaign.
Juror retired Rosemary Bennett, 73, a restaurant worker who told the Court in the selection of the jury that she loved music classic, said sometimes she felt that the defence is trying to manipulate the jurors.
Bennett cited their display of a picture of the Home Office of the Blagojevich on a screen in the courtroom which seemed to have something for everyone: books for the library, what they thought was a bust of Beethoven for her fan of classical music and Bibles for the faithful.
"We felt like we showed in a very specific purpose," she said.
However, none took their duty slightly.
"It's a human being, it is life that you are making this decision," Hubinek said. "But when you do things like this, and you make your own bed, you have to live with the consequences."
Wilson has developed his skills in the direction of chorus, advanced at the Church Saint-esprit of Naperville, to use in trying to follow how the Group was interact and if some jurors were out of sync.
"With a choir, looking for hot music and return," she said. "I listened to all the jurors, understand where they were, and then adjust, go back.
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