How a mostly female jury might affect deliberations in the Blagojevich retrial

How a mostly female jury might affect deliberations in the Blagojevich retrial
Eleven women and one man are on the jury in the retrial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Getty/Scott Olson
How a mostly female jury might affect deliberations in the Blagojevich retrial
Eleven women and one man are on the jury in the retrial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Getty/Scott Olson

How a mostly female jury might affect deliberations in the Blagojevich retrial

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Eleven women and one man are weighing former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s fate as jury deliberations continue. That line-up is legal, but how does a female-dominant jury affect deliberations? Or even a verdict?

To find out, Eight Forty-Eight turned to jury consultant Alan Tuerkheimer, an expert jury consultant with Zagnoli McEvoy Foley.

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