Blagojevich Jury

Blagojevich Jurors Weigh In On 14-Year Sentence

AP | By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 02.07.2012

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CHICAGO -- Jurors who found Rod Blagojevich guilty of federal corruption charges earlier this year did not have to show up to court Wednesday to watch...

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Blagojevich Jury: Senate Seat Evidence Was Most Clear

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 08.27.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors who convicted Rod Blagojevich of corruption Monday said it wasn't that they disliked the former Illinois governor. They just di...

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Blagojevich GUILTY: Jury Convicts Rod Blagojevich On 17 Of 20 Counts

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Rod Blagojevich, who won two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide ...

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Blagojevich Jurors Return To Court

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors are due back in court Monday for their tenth day of deliberations in the second corruption trial of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod...

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Blagojevich Jury Asks For Clarity On Wire Fraud Charges

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.16.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors deliberating for a fifth day at the retrial of Rod Blagojevich asked for direction Thursday in just how to assess several charg...

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Blagojevich Juror Begin Day Three Of Deliberations

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.14.2011

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CHICAGO — This time, Robert Blagojevich is on the outside looking in – hoping for the best for his kid brother. For days, the businessman...

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Blagojevich Jury Starts Deliberating In Earnest On Monday

AP | Posted 08.13.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors at the corruption retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have adjourned after their second day of deliberations. Cour...

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Blagojevich Fate In The Hands Of Jury, Again

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.10.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors at the corruption retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich began their deliberations Friday but went home for the weeken...

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Jury Could Get Blagojevich Case Today

AP | By KAREN HAWKINS and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.09.2011

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CHICAGO -- Prosecutors are set to resume their closing arguments at the corruption retrial of Rod Blagojevich. Government attorney Carrie Hamilton wi...

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Blagojevich Judge Dismisses Potential Juror With Final 'Oprah' Show Tickets

AP | MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 06.28.2011

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CHICAGO — Nerves frayed at the retrial of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday, as attorneys briefly butted heads over whether ra...

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Remaining Jury Pool Not Sympathetic To Blagojevich

AP | MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 06.27.2011

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CHICAGO — Attorneys and the judge in the corruption retrial of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich inched closer to seating a jury Wednesday...

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Words Of Wisdom From Blago's First Jury

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 06.24.2011

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CHICAGO — Days into deliberations at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first corruption trial last August, a juror looked around the tense ...

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Potential Jurors Already Think Blagojevich Is Guilty

AP | By MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 06.22.2011

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CHICAGO -- An uncharacteristically subdued Rod Blagojevich got a good look Thursday at the first big challenge facing the ousted Illinois governor at ...

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Holdout Juror In Blagojevich Trial Explains Vote

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — As attorneys and defendants scanned jurors' faces for favorable signs during ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, most...

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Blagojevich Trial: More Waiting, More Questions

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — While many who heard Rod Blagojevich's wiretapped phone conversations may have expected a tidy result in the former Illinois governor'...

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Blagojevich Jurors To Begin 8th Day Of Deliberations, No Verdict Yet

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors have ended their seventh day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich without announcin...

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Blagojevich Jurors Deliberate, Enjoying Privacy

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors deciding if former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat were out of sight Thurs...

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Blagojevich Juror Describes Experience, Supports Retrial

Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following Tuesday's verdict in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial, Judge James Zagel released names of the jury to the media. Within an hour, the 12...

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Some Jurors Glad Blagojevich Will Be Tried Again

AP | MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors aren't alone in wanting a retrial after the jury deadlocked on all but one count at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blago...

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WATCH: Blagojevich Says The Government Proved Nothing

Posted 05.25.2011

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The city was abuzz Tuesday afternoon following the reading of the verdict in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial. Blagojevich was found guilty on jus...

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Blagojevich Guilty Of Lying To Feds, Judge To Declare Mistrial On Remaining 23 Counts

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal jury deadlocked Tuesday on all but one of 24 charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including the most explos...

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Verdict Reached In Blagojevich Corruption Trial

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal jury deadlocked Tuesday on all but one of 24 charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including the most explos...

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Source: Jurors Violated Judge's Order In Blagojevich Trial

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Potential jurors waiting to be questioned in Rod Blagojevich's case discussed the trial's news coverage with each other last week, apparently flouting...

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Blagojevich Jury Deadlocked: Only Agree On 2 Of 24 Counts

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A new message from the jury weighing the fate of Rod Blagojevich provided a few clues Thursday about their deadlock in deliberations, ...

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Blagojevich Jury DEADLOCKED: Say They Cannot Reach Unanimous Decision On All Counts

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — After more than a week of silence, jurors in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich threw the courtroom into confusion We...

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