During a mid-afternoon break, several jurors were observed splitting off from the others, and earlier in the day shouting was heard from inside their deliberation room.

I served on a jury where there were no chairs in the deliberation room.

They separate overwrought jurors slugging it out in deliberation rooms and prisoners slashing each other in holding cells.

"Once a verdict is entered in court, it cannot be attacked based on what went on in the deliberation room," he said.

Charles J. Hynes, the chief prosecutor, also agreed that there were certain strong jurors on whom he was counting to take a lead in the deliberation room.

When Joyce Blanksma walked into the deliberation room, several of the women cried with relief.

Something happened in that deliberation room.

Having been found guilty on three of the five counts, the defendant was remanded into custody as we filed back to the deliberation room.

Before giving their decision to the courtroom, laughter and loud talk was heard coming from the deliberation room.

The jurors were locked away in the deliberation room, with deputies at the door as if someone might gain something by attacking them.