Fort Dix jurors expect to finish Monday

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Fort Dix jurors expect to finish Monday
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 21, 2008 16:56:37 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — The jury in the trial of five men accused of plotting an attack on the Army’s Fort Dix has signaled that it’s on the verge of reaching a verdict after five days of deliberations.

U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said jurors told him Sunday afternoon that they were done deliberating for the day and that they expected to finish entirely sometime Monday.

Kugler said in the courtroom that he asked all the jurors if they were comfortable with him telling lawyers and the media that they were close. He said they all agreed that they were.

As deliberations have stretched on, many of the suspects’ relatives have kept vigil outside the courtroom in the federal courthouse in Camden.

In nearly 35 hours of deliberations so far, the jury has not offered many clues about which way they are leaning. They have made only two substantive requests — both were for transcripts of testimony.


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