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Charges selling the office, exportion, all of that. all gone. or at least hung juries. he says they will prosecute again. perhaps. but this is really, a mouse out of a mole hill. blagojevich comes out of it i think not vindicated. everybody understands he is the guy who walked the line, who walked the edge a lot. but i suspect people will conclude given state of pom ticks in the state -- politics in the state, he was not that far over the line. >> bret: kirsten? >> well, i think it proves being a foul-mouth goofball isn't illegal. that's essentially what he is. he schemed a lot and grandiose i...

Is and how many want to acquit versus how many want to convict. that's all being played out in court. uncertain if they will go back into the deliberation room. >> i want to bring in the chief legal analyst. jeffrey, you have seen cases like this and public corruption cases are always difficult to prove. what is your sense of what happens next? >> i would not be surprised to have the judge urge them one more time to reach at least a partial verdict. judges hate hung juries. they never want to retry cases. it's a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money involved to try a case like this and ...

Welcome all of you. good to see you. all right. let me start with a question for all of you. is there any of you that think the verdict will come back second degree murder? show of hands. manslaughter? 1, 2, 3, 4. 5? yes or no? >> hopeful. >> you are hopeful for that? >> yeah. >> how many of you think it will be not guilty? all right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. hung jury? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> hung jury. two hung juries. all right. i felt today how many would agree with me that the jury instructions were really important today? peter, you are a great attorney. >> they are absolutely critical. it's...

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