The jury in the John Edwards trial has been sent back to resume deliberations after announcing Thursday afternoon that they had reached a verdict on just one of six counts. Click below to read the rest of the story.
Judge Catherine Eagles ordered the jury to keep trying to reach a unanimous verdict on the rest of the counts, granting the request of the prosecution.
The defense had argued for a mistrial after the jury emerged from nine days of deliberations deadlocked on five of the federal corruption charges.
Edwards is on trial in Greensboro, N.C., for allegedly skirting campaign finance law by using contributions to help keep secret his extramarital affair during the 2008 campaign.
The one count on which a verdict was reached pertains to a charge that Edwards received campaign contributions from wealthy donor Rachel “Bunny” Mellon in excess of the legal limit in 2008. It’s unclear what the verdict actually was.
