Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Hurry up and wait ... again.

Journalists from across the state are now anxiously awaiting the jury's verdict.

Of course there are several possibilities here. Jurors have five counts to consider, and they all must agree on the verdict.

The judge has opened the door for questions.

He told the jurors to select a foreperson, then to start deliberating.

He instructed the jury to hand any questions to a court security officer, who would then contact the judge.

There are dozens of undercover tapes, piles of transcripts and days worth of testimony to consider.

Your guess is as good as any right now as to when the jury will come back with a verdict. It could be minutes ... or days.

We'll be here.