It is of course impossible to speculate about what is happening behind the scenes, but the longer the deliberations the higher the likelihood there is division within the jury," said Daniel Medwed, criminal law professor at Northeastern University.
That the jury is now heading into its fourth day of deliberations, he said, "suggests that there could be at least some holdouts from what may be the majority position."
Following closing arguments, jurors were left to ponder two vastly different narratives, with prosecutors alleging one story and Read's lawyers presenting a contrasting version.
The only insight into the jury's thinking came when they asked to see a report, which was denied by Judge Cannone, indicating they may be carefully reviewing all the evidence at hand.
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