Some unanticipated drama as we await a verdict

it's astounding to me how the judge can issue explicit instructions to a jury to refrain from reading, listening to, or watching news reports, and a juror goes ahead and does it anyway... at least it wasn't declared a mistrial...

CNN reports that one female juror was dismissed from the case, and that they will now proceed with only eleven jurors, so no mistrial was called. The dismissed juror is reportedly a white woman in her seventies, and is curator at a museum.

According to CNN, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald wanted an alternate juror brought in, and objected to continuing with only eleven jurors, but Judge Walton overruled.

MSNBC also reported that Libby was seen smiling in the courtroom throughout the discussions between the judge and lawyers. Shuster speculated that the body language of one of the alternates suggests she was hostile to the defense.

so, we continue to wait...

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