Black jury deadlocked<\/a><\/span>
By Ameet Sachdev
Tribune staff reporter
Published July 10, 2007, 2:54 PM CDT<\/p>\nA Chicago federal jury weighing fraud charges against former Sun-Times publisher Conrad Black said today it was deadlocked.<\/p>\n
‘We have discussed and deliberated on all the evidence and are still unable to reach a unanimous verdict on one or more counts. Please advise,’ jurors wrote in a note to the U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve this afternoon.<\/p>\n
In court, St. Eve responded by rereading a portion of the jury instructions which advised the panel to act in good faith and attempt to reach a verdict before sending the 9 women and 3 men back to the jury room to continue deliberations.<\/p>\n
Tuesday was the ninth day of jury deliberations. The trial began March 20.<\/p>\n
It is unclear if the jury has reached a conclusion on any of the 42 charges and four defendants before them.<\/p>\n
Black faces 13 criminal charges, including racketeering and mail and wire fraud, tied to accusations that he and associated pocketed more than $60 million from non-compete agreements signed when his company Hollinger International Inc. sold several newspapers. If convicted, the 62-year-old member of the British House of Lords could spend the rest of his life in prison and forfeit much of his fortune.<\/p>\n
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