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SOURCES TO MONITOR FOR BLOW BY BLOW:

Lefty blog with live reporters:
FireDogLake

Other blog w/ live reporting: Orient-lodge

David Korn, left leaning reporter for The Nation had done a better job of reporting this than a lot of others.
David Korn's Blog

A blog about the NY Times reporting about Bloggers reporting on the trail!! How post-modern can you get.
Outside the Beltway

I think I'm missing one or two. Repond to this message and tell me about it that way people can use this and the responses to find links.

Oh, yeah, one more I forgot.

A right-winger covering the trial live.
Just One Minute Blog

I'd like to thank Jack for pointing out my blog. I'm probably a bit to the left of most of the people here but I hope you appreciate my writing and that we can have some good discussions about the trial.

Today is the last day I can be down here and I head back to Connecticut this evening.

In response to some of the other comments, let me add a few observations. There are currently only 11 jurors. There are two alternates. When the art critic was dismissed, Fitzgerald and Wells argued about whether or one of the alternates should be brought in. If there were, it would require that the jurors start the deliberations from scratch. Wells argued that this would be prejudicial agents his client. Judge Walton decided not to replace the juror, so there are currently 11. If another juror leaves, then they will replace them with alternates and restart deliberations.

As to why it is taking so long, I'm getting mixed comments. Many people point out that there are five counts and there is a lot to sort through on all the counts. By all appearances, the jurors are looking at things in pretty close detail.

As a final comment, as much as some people here may dislike the way parts of the media are covering the story, or the amount of money being spent (or wasted as some of you would say) on the trial, I would encourage some of you to look at the positive side of things. There is the old saying that Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. I think that applies equally well for the media in our country and for our judicial system.

P.S. There have been some funny comments in the media room, and over at FireDogLake. Are there some good comedians here? Let's hear some good, funny snark about this!