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Taking the judges instruction to heart here. maybe working with each other more showing more deference, listening to each other, those were all things the judge said they should do. so they went back into that jury deliberation room at 11:58 after asking the judge that question what should we do if we cannot come to a consensus on a single count, how should we fill out the verdict form? the judge said to them essentially go back, try this, try it again, try some more. you know, thats standard wh...

Lawyer, we asked if that meant a deadlock on a single count. he said they didnt know and theyre waiting as we are. >> daniel goldman, in terms of how this typically works in a case, how often do you see a jury like this? how often does the judge answer like this? what does that typically result in? any light you can shed on that? >> this is very typical, steve. quite often, particularly in cases with this many charges, the jury will come back and say that theyre deadlocked on all or some of the ...

And two men and so it really cuts the deliberation time in half and here the jury said we are hopelessly deadlock, apparently there was a single juror who was unwilling to vote to convict, its unclear whether the judge issued an alan charge, dynamite charge to jurors urging them to reconsider and if theres a long holdout, you should consider the fact that youre all by yourself and your colleagues on the jury are unpersuaded. thats called a dynamite charge to try to dislodge that single juror. it...

Mistried as to that count and will discharge you with my sincere appreciation for your services. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. you may now retire for further deliberations and well provide you with a copy of this instruction. >> okay. you were just listening to judge russell heely down in florida. hes saying the jury has reached a verdict on four of the counts. but on count number one, they cannot reach a verdict at this point. he is giving instructions for what is called the alan charge to t...

There are gas stations on every single corner. >> absolutely. so people are really frustrated with this. first george zimmerman and now this. even if they reach a verdict, they are going to say, wait a minute. why did it take so long and why wasnt a guilty verdict given right from the beginning? >> standby. heres what the jury told the judge. we have reached the verdict on four counts. we are unable to reach a verdict on count 1. the judge gave them the alan charge. sunny hostin was there. this ...

Because we dont know what they are thinking, its sounds like hes not guilty of the attempted murder count, but they cant decide what he is guilty of for the lesser of the other counts. so it looks like we may have a hung jury on count 1, the murder charge regarding jordan davis, and they decided nonguilt as to the other counts but may believe at least some of the jurors are saying hes guilty of lesser included on the other counts, but they cant decide. >> okay. here they have to come to a decisi...

So the fact that they are 20 hours in, its even longer than the george zimmerman case deliberations, which was only about 16 hours. its much longer than the o.j. simpson verdict, which came in under four hours. and so i think that this jury is really struggling. they are probably hung on one or many counts and that tells me they will come back in, explain to the judge that they are hung and what the judge does in a case like this provides an alan charge. its like a pep talk and tells me i know y...

These teens, four of them. he is accused of killing one and then also the attempted murder of the other three, even though they were not injured. we just got information from the judge. you see it on the bottom of your screen. the jury said we have reached a verdict on 4 counts. but we are unable to reach a verdict on count 1. count 1 is the big charge. thats the murder charge, which is life in prison. the judge then instructed the jury to come back into the courtroom and charged them with what ...

Jodi arias. will she live or will she die? but this jury has announced to judge sherry stevens in this courtroom just in the last few moments that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on life or death. again, the jury announcing to the judge they are unable to agree on a unanimous verdict. and in this state, it is required that the jury is unanimous on either life or death. if it is life, it is the judge who decides if it is natural life forever or life with the possibility of a parole o...

>> well, i never had a jury personally that needed dynamite. i never had to dynamite a jury. they -- every one came back with a guilty verdict. also came back with what i wanted on sentencing. but ive seen many juries dynamited. they need a talking to. to get them to remember that theyre there for a reason. that they need to work together. and also in that charge she gave them was something very important. the judge told them, if youre stuck on a point of law, if you want a readback, if there is...