I heard that under New York law, the jury doesn't have a copy of the instructions that they can take with them to the deliberation room. That seems weird. I wonder if they were allowed to take notes of what the judge said.
I think if there's no verdict by the end of Friday, the odds of a hung jury go up dramatically. If at all possible, they aren't going to want to have to come back next week so it would be an indication that they are really stuck.
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