Weinstein Jury Stuck on Gravest Charge, Told to Keep Trying
- Jurors suggest they may be unanimous on rape, criminal sex act
- Hung on predatory assault, which could mean life in prison
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The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial told the judge it may be deadlocked on one or both of the most serious charges facing the movie producer.
The jurors, on their fourth day of deliberations, asked New York State Supreme Court Justice James Burke if they could be hung on those two counts of predatory sexual assault -- which could send Weinstein to prison for life if he is convicted -- while being unanimous on the counts of rape and a criminal sexual act. Their note to Burke on Friday afternoon, the first indication of a possible deadlock, didn’t indicate whether those unanimous decisions would be guilty or not guilty.