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Lone juror 'refused to find Blagojevich guilty'
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Wed Aug 18, 2010 BBC News
A single juror prevented former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich being convicted of selling Barack Obama's Senate seat, the jury foreman has said. The juror, a female retiree, believed there wasn't sufficient evidence - "a smoking gun" - to warrant a conviction for corruption, James Matsumoto said. "She saw it as, no crime was being committed. It was just talk - political talk," Mr Matsumoto told reporters. The Chicago federal jury convicted Blagojevich of lying to FBI agents. Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11016685 |
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