Update: Hung jury on all but the most boring count, which is making a false statement to the FBI about not tracking or caring who gives him the money, according to WBEZ; 23 counts remain in hands of an apparently ambivalent God. Former prosecutor Patrick Deady is really interesting, worth tuning in. MOAR BLAGO!!!
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Ladies and gentlemen, what Rod Blagojevich is guilty of, via WBEZ’s guide to the charges:
and possibly:
Everyone on Twitter seems to be mad at the jury. Can’t we all be mad at the Supreme Court for making being an asshole legal?
I’ve got the WGN feed running in the background—and lots and lots of Twitter updates popping up every which way—on which I was told that the anxiousness is due to it being a “long trial… two and a half months.” But with George Ryan, the jury was selected in September of 2005 and the verdict was delivered in April of 2006. 2 1/2 months strikes me as being within the ballpark for a trial of this complexity.
