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Entries related to the Media Blogger Association, including coverage of the Libby trial and other MBA related events.

Playing Pictionary?

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 17:35

“all rise”

Walton:
Good afternoon….

Umm, the reason I had you come back is because someone in the jury has asked if someone can have a dictionary. I need to explain why…

While we try to use common language, sometimes words have a legal connotation.

So, if people have questions about what a word means, they need to ask me.

The jurors were not happy on Monday to come into the court, won’t be happy today either because they aren’t dressed up. They aren’t dressed up today… Do you want me to call them in
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Walton to address jury at 4:30

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 16:58

At 4:30, Judge Walton will be addressing the jurors. They it is believed that he will be dismissing them early today. There have been talks about a note, but no details. Rumors are that it is about scheduling. There had been unsubstantiated speculation that the jury will not be deliberating tomorrow based on an overheard discussion of someone overhearing someone from the defense team saying to one of the court clerks, “See you on Monday”.

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Breaking late lunch Libby trial news, not

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 15:07

We have now learned that there is a flood in the court cafeteria. Will this interfere with the cookies that the cafeteria has been sending up everyday? If so, would that make a verdict more, or less likely? It isn’t clear. People continue to joke around, to try and find anything to pass the time. The verdict is now predicted to come out during Anna Nicole Smith’s funeral during a down pour in Washington.

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Product Placement in Jury Requests

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 10:51

It has now come out that yesterday at around 3:30 in the afternoon, the jury sent another request for supplies: "We would like another big Post-it pad. The large one for the easel."

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Final day at the Courthouse

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 09:53

Well, this is it, my final day at the courthouse during the Libby deliberations. I don’t know if this will be the day that the jury reaches a verdict. I would love it to be, but I have my doubts. So, stepping away from the reporting on minutiae and the speculation about what it means, let me return to some personal thoughts about the bigger picture.

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