Family Secrets jurors ready to get back to work
Tribune staff report
September 20, 2007


CHICAGO - The jury in the Family Secrets trial will resume its deliberations Thursday morning after a break of nearly a week.

While meeting with lawyers in the case Monday evening, U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, who is presiding over the landmark trial, said he hadn't picked up any clues on how long the jury deliberations might last.

Last week the jury convicted the five defendants of racketeering conspiracy after deliberating for parts of four days. In a second round of deliberations, jurors have so far spent two days discussing whether four of the men can be held responsible for 18 gangland killings at the heart of the case. If convicted in this phase, Outfit figures James Marcello, Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, Frank Calabrese Sr. and Paul "the Indian" Schiro could face up to life in prison.

I came, I saw, I had no idea what was going on, I left.