Jun 7, 2005 • 1 min read

Jury in Michael Jackson trial ends first day of deliberations without verdict

The jury in Michael Jackson's trial ended its first full day of deliberations without a verdict, and Judge Rodney Melville has agreed to audio broadcast the verdict.

Well, the jury in the Michael Jackson trial have ended their first full day of deliberations without a verdict. While fans and media waited outside the court house on the off chance an early verdict would be delivered, Jackson himself was reportedly at home recovering from treatment he received for that bad back of his over the weekend. There is divided opinion as to how quickly the jury are going to reach their verdict, or what the verdict might be, though if I was a betting man I'd go for a relatively quick decision (this week sometime), guilty on the 'giving alcohol to minors' charges, not-guilty on the rest. Then again, I'm not a betting man.

Whatever, when the verdict is delivered you will be able to hear it for yourself. We know this because Judge Rodney Melville, who has been coordinating the case, has told CNN they can audio broadcast the bit of the trial when the verdict is delivered. There has been a broadcast ban on the rest of the trial, of course, hence those ridiculous reenactments on Sky News.

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