Update: The Rodney G. King Beating Trial
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A look at key developments on Monday. For the fifth day in a row, the jury of six men and six women failed to reach verdicts against four police officers charged in the beating of King. The jurors deliberated six hours Monday, for a total of 23 hours since receiving the case Thursday afternoon.
The officers charged in the beating are now allowed to check in each morning and then leave the Simi Valley Courthouse. Earlier, Judge Stanley M. Weisberg had required them to be present at the courthouse during jury deliberations.
Officer Laurence M. Powell, one of the defendants, said Monday that the deliberations have been “very difficult” for him. “But, then again, it’s going to be a relief to get it over,” said Powell, accused of administering the most blows to King.
The jury is scheduled to resume deliberations at 9 a.m. today.
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