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| Bill Cosby Trial Day 9: What to Expect | Bill Cosby Trial Day 9: What to Expect |
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| • The fourth day of deliberations is likely to be a critical one for establishing whether the jury in the Bill Cosby trial is capable of making progress toward reaching a verdict. | • The fourth day of deliberations is likely to be a critical one for establishing whether the jury in the Bill Cosby trial is capable of making progress toward reaching a verdict. |
| • The jury has reviewed a good bit of the evidence presented to it during the trial so the issues now will most likely boil down to matters of credibility. | |
| • Andrea Constand, the woman who has accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault, was composed and calm on the stand, but the defense spent most of its time during cross-examination working to establish the inconsistencies and mistakes in her account. It seems the jurors are, in part, parsing through that material. | • Andrea Constand, the woman who has accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault, was composed and calm on the stand, but the defense spent most of its time during cross-examination working to establish the inconsistencies and mistakes in her account. It seems the jurors are, in part, parsing through that material. |
| They should not expect, he said, that all the witness testimony and evidence would be available to them again. | They should not expect, he said, that all the witness testimony and evidence would be available to them again. |
| But since they have begun their deliberations, the jurors have made six requests for clarifications or to hear testimony or evidence from the trial a second time. Judge O’Neill told the jurors that because he had acceded to their first request to listen to a reading of testimony, he felt compelled to continue to let them review the rest, lest his denials wrongly suggest to them that some evidence was more crucial than others. | |
| Other judges would have told them to use their recollection, he said. “From now on when you ask for testimony, I am compelled to give it to you,” Judge O’Neill said. | Other judges would have told them to use their recollection, he said. “From now on when you ask for testimony, I am compelled to give it to you,” Judge O’Neill said. |
| Of course this has slowed the process toward a verdict, or at least it seems to have. There is little real sense in the courtroom of just what issues are occupying the jurors who have now deliberated roughly 28 hours. | |
| Judge O’Neill dismissed the jurors, at their request, around 9 p.m. Wednesday night, sending them back to their hotel where they are sequestered, some 300 miles from their homes in Allegheny County. | |
| He warned them about discussing the case with loved ones or digesting anything about the case they might encounter. “If you are watching television, you know you should turn away and stay away from any news sources,” he said. | He warned them about discussing the case with loved ones or digesting anything about the case they might encounter. “If you are watching television, you know you should turn away and stay away from any news sources,” he said. |
| With that they filed out, looking in a more jovial mood than they had throughout the day, when they had seemed strained and pale. Bill Cosby left the room, too, and outside disappeared in large car and a flash of camera lights. | With that they filed out, looking in a more jovial mood than they had throughout the day, when they had seemed strained and pale. Bill Cosby left the room, too, and outside disappeared in large car and a flash of camera lights. |
| His lawyer, Brian J. McMonagle, said as they left, “We’re all exhausted; we just want to go home and get some sleep” | |
| Judge O’Neill has spoken with concern about taking care of his jurors, especially as the days and nights of deliberation have dragged on. On Wednesday that concern was evident in the timing he set for dinner. The jury came in with a question, but answering the question might take some time, the judge forecast, and in that time, the dinners ordered for the jury, he worried, might get cold. | Judge O’Neill has spoken with concern about taking care of his jurors, especially as the days and nights of deliberation have dragged on. On Wednesday that concern was evident in the timing he set for dinner. The jury came in with a question, but answering the question might take some time, the judge forecast, and in that time, the dinners ordered for the jury, he worried, might get cold. |
| And that dinner was stromboli, a kind of wrap or turnover (go easy here, we are not the Food Channel) that is typically filled with all kinds of cheeses and meats. The judge said the jurors had ordered “hot strombolis” and that is how he thought they should be served, the stromboli being one of the foods in which the Philadelphia area takes a good measure of pride. | |
| The judge said they would be back soon enough to delve further into the evidence. But, he comforted them, “It will be after you eat your hot strombolis.” | The judge said they would be back soon enough to delve further into the evidence. But, he comforted them, “It will be after you eat your hot strombolis.” |