I hope the mistrial motion is denied. It’s time these folks were subject to a jury of their peers… and hopefully some justice.
Mistrial motions in this context are routine.
This jury’s been out 3 days. That’s not unusual for public corruption trials of this length. All during that month, jury members were told not to discuss the case among themselves or with anyone before the end of all arguments and directions from the judge. It’s pretty easy to see how several days get eaten up off the bat in just introducing themselves, getting to know each other enough to select a foreman, organizing themselves, walking thru the evidence, finding out where they have disagreements, etc.
The jury in the Libby trial was in court about the same time before starting to talk. They came back with final verdicts on Day 11 of deliberations.