Hearts trampled and helicopters poised, tension runs high on verdict watch
Another day of waiting begins at the site of the Jackson trial in southern California as jurors start their sixth day of deliberations, following a half day on Wednesday.
Since the 12 jurors retired to consider their verdict on Friday afternoon they have become the central players in the world’s most talked-about trial. The eight women and four men, who range in age from 20 to 79, have sat through four months of trial and heard testimony from more than 140 witnesses. Now they face the task of following 98 pages of instruction from Judge Rodney S Melville to decide whether or not Jackson gave alcohol to and molested a 13-year-old cancer victim in 2003.
