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Usually what happens in these cases and this is no exception, a judge will read an instruction, oftentimes it has been described as a dynamite-like charge for a jury to go back, and try again. try harder, so to speak. and a lot of times in many jurisdictions it is called an alan charge where a judge beseeches a jury to just take a deep breath and work it out. don't let yourself be bullied into someone else's opinion, but give it another go round. and shockingly enough it often works. oftentimes you can come to some kind of unanimity. given the fact they only deliberated for just over -- i got ...

An alternate brought in, in many jurisdictions. the alan charge, the dynamite, it is not a usual, you don't want to scold the jury, you don't want it said on appeal if there is a conviction, i mean, if there is a death sentence that someone was coerced into it. you don't want that. but the sad outcome will be if these 12 can't get it together, we have to strike a whole new jury for sentencie ining only, n even more horrible thought, a guilty plea to life. >> well, nancy, when you were a prosecute, you were almost undefeated, if not undefeated and you have seen this happen. what is it about an ...

and we've got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards' federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury they've got to keep at it. let's go straight to cnn's senior correspondent, joe johns. he's in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? >> reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly, just a few minutes ago, gloria, we got the word to stay tuned. it may not be over yet, even f...