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The jury in the Nancy Hoover Hunter trial finished its 11th day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict.

Before the start of deliberations Monday, three jurors informed U.S. District Judge Earl B. Gilliam that they had been asked about jury proceedings by people during the weekend.

One juror, Jean Rise, said several people asked her about reports in the press that there was arguing among jurors.

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Rise told Gilliam that she immediately stopped the conversation, but doing so made her uncomfortable. She said cutting people off in conversation is “not my nature.”

Another juror had a similar encounter, but also said she ended the conversation before it went further.

Reports of yelling among jurors surfaced last week when juror Dorothy Andre wrote Gilliam a note asking to be excused from the case.

In her note to Gilliam, Andre wrote, “The jury room is a very hostile place with tears, hollering and outbursts of insults when one doesn’t agree with others.”

Although Gilliam said he sympathized with Andre, he did not grant her request.

All three jurors said they could still be impartial.

The government is charging that Hunter was an active participant with her former lover, J. David (Jerry) Dominelli, in defrauding 1,500 people out of an estimated $80 million.

Investors placed their money with J. David & Co., which Dominelli founded and Hunter worked for before its collapse in 1984.

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