U.S District Court Judge Kevin Castel was told that the Manhattan based group was unable to reach a verdict on the  7th day of deliberations.  The judge instructed the jurors to keep deliberating but sent them home around 4 p.m. telling them to return on Monday.  He also advised them not to think about the case and put the matter aside until  deliberations began anew.

This trial is  the 4th one  in five years against the Junior Gotti in regards to an attempted murder and kidnapping case.  Previous cases in 2005 and 2006  ended in hung juries,  and revolved around the plot to kill Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. Prosecutors later added charges that included  gangland murders that occurred in 1980 and a hit on a Gambino crime family associate who ignored an order from  Gotti.

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Fosamax, Merck & Co.’s primary osteoporosis drug,  is said to be the cause of her condition and deliberations had begun as to whether this was the case. The trial, which was being overseen by Manhattan federal court Judge John F. Keenan, hit a snag when jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.  At one point in the trial, screams could be heard coming from the jury room. A female juror also claimed that a fellow juror threw a chair at her.

The misconduct lead Judge Kennan to declare a mistrial.  No date has been set in regards to a follow up proceedings.

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