The judge sent them back and told them to keep trying lol!
Jury to judge in Phila. mob trial: We're deadlocked
Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writer January 13, 2014, 2:40 PM
Prosecutors trying the racketeering conspiracy case against reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Ligambi heard the five words from jurors Monday they hoped never to hear again:
We are at an impasse.
The panel of nine women and one man told U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno that after 21/2 days of deliberations and two votes, they felt they could not come to unanimous verdict on either the case against Ligambi, 74, or his 50-year-old nephew George Borgesi.
Prosecutors have accused both men of overseeing the mob's loansharking and illegal gambling rackets across the region for more than a decade.
"A discussion late morning confirmed these are our final votes," the note read. "There was no unanimity on any one count."
After consulting with the lawyers, Robreno called jurors back into the courtroom, urged them to try again, and sent them back to deliberations.
He hoped to avoid the same type of jury deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for the two men during their first trial last year.
"I think it's way too early," Robreno said in court Monday. "We had 25 days of trial, and three days of deliberations."
