Jury to take closer look at evidence in ex-Senator Edwards' trial
Source: Reuters via Chicago Trib
Colleen Jenkins
Reuters
6:07 p.m. CDT, May 22, 2012
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina jury broke from its third day of deliberations after asking on Tuesday for a closer look at evidence offered to show that former U.S. Senator John Edwards committed a crime as he sought to hide his affair during his 2008 White House run.
Jurors must decide if more than $900,000 funneled by two Edwards supporters to his then-pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, and his aide, Andrew Young, qualified as campaign contributions that are subject to limits and reporting requirements.
Neither of the two supporters, 101-year-old heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and the late lawyer Fred Baron, were able to testify at Edwards' federal trial, which is now in its fifth week in the state he once represented in the Senate.
Just as they had during the prior two days of deliberations, jurors on Tuesday wanted to examine government evidence that might shed light on Mellon's motivation for giving the money ...
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