Deliberations in ex-mayor Nagin's case delayed
Deliberations in the federal corruption case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin were delayed for a day Tuesday because of a juror's unspecified problem.
An assistant to U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan said deliberations were scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The 12-member jury had broken for the evening Monday after hearing closing arguments and deliberating for more than three hours in the afternoon. There was no indication Berrigan planned to replace the juror with one of four alternates. The alternate jurors sat through the entire trial but did not take part in deliberations.
The panel was tasked with deciding whether Nagin is guilty of the crimes alleged in a complex, 21-count indictment. Prosecutors say Nagin took bribes worth more than $500,000 in a string of criminal acts that began before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 and continued during the recovery from the catastrophic storm.
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