John Edwards Jury Reaches Verdict

ABC News ^ | May 31, 2012 | MAT MENDEZ

[sean327]

After a lengthy deliberation, a North Carolina jury has reached a verdict in the John Edwards mistress-and-money trial.

The verdict is expected to be read shortly.

The jury began deliberating on May 18 after a month of testimony, which at times sounded more like a steamy soap opera than a trial on the intricacies of campaign finance rules.

Charged with six counts of violating federal campaign laws, Edwards was accused by the government of soliciting nearly $1 million from wealthy backers to finance a cover up of his illicit affair and illegitimate child while running for president in 2008.

[fatima]

Ohhh,wish I could turn on Rush.

[hummingbird]

Guilty of a bad hair day.

[DesertRhino]

I hope he walks. I know everyone gets a case of the fainting vapors about the wronged St Elizabeth. But she was nothing but an evil lawyer, an ice cold wife, and screwed with neigbors who were too downscale for her. She was 100% pro abort. Pro gay marriage,,etc. And she was staying very busy lying to us to help that low life become president.

And this is a political prosecution,,period.
Clinton and Gore took money from Red China. Illegal as hell.
Obama took huge amounts of money from the Palestinian phone banks, and from bundlers all over the middle east. Now wikileaks confirms he got money from Russia too. All illegal as hell.
Foreign money is illegal for US campaigns.
All of the campaigns are rife with subversive, treasonous crime, almost always committed openly, brazenly,,, and im supposed to care that a failed candidate found someone to financially take care of his pregnant girlfriend? This whole case is a joke. LOL

[Diogenesis]

Does he get to keep his award?

[P.O.E.]

Wonder if his prison mates will have seen the “I Feel Pretty” video.

[COBOL2Java]

Guilty of a bad hair day.

Never!

[kevcol]

could be...

[Bubba_Leroy]

The jury is hung on 5 out of 6 counts. The judge sent the jury back to work. They won't announce the verdict on the 1 count until they have decided on all of them.

No way to tell at this point if it is 11 to 1 to convict, 11 to 1 to acquit, or anything in between.

[Red Badger]

Count Count: Today's number is 3!...............

[Night Hides Not]

He should go to jail for committing adultery while his wife lay dying of cancer.

Didn't Newt do essentially the same thing, although his wife had a benign tumor?

[kevcol]

They won't announce the verdict on the 1 count until they have decided on all of them.

Not if they come back still hung...judge cannot force them to reach a verdict on all counts, just strongly encourage them to do so.

[Night Hides Not]

Not all. Just the one with whom he flirted.
John Edwards Has Been Flirting With A Female Juror At His Trial

He undoubtedly got the idea from an old episode of Law and Order.

[Hawthorn]

>> I hope he walks. <<

You, and me -- and Mark Steyn to boot!

But just don't let my wife discover my opinion!

[shadeaud]

I thought the one he was flirting with was some guy in a motorcycle jacket

[Night Hides Not]

You owe me a keyboard. lol

[Diogenesis]

"If that hot giggling, smiling, blushing, juror
with jet-black hair can no longer sit,
then the entire jury must now acquit".

[Hawthorn]

>> Didn’t Newt do essentially the same thing, although his wife had a benign tumor? <<

Yeah, and maybe not only that:

Wasn’t Newt a repeat offender? If I recall correctly, wife no. 2 claims to have been suffering from some kinda serious medical problem while the Newtster was out cavorting with Calista.

[Night Hides Not]

You're probably right. I voted for Newt as a protest vote, only because I thought he was the biggest SOB running for President, and it would be in the national interest to have the biggest SOB sitting in the Oval Office next year.

It was an easy vote, of course, as Texas' primary was so late.

[ansel12]

I believe that all of Newt’s ex-wives are alive.

[PeteB570]

Jury Nullification.