'Junior' Gotti Jury Heads Home for Thanksgiving Holiday
NEW YORK (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- The jury considering racketeering charges against John "Junior'' Gotti has taken a holiday break after 10 days of deliberations.
Juliet Papa reports
The federal court jury in Manhattan deliberated four hours Wednesday before heading home until Tuesday. The 10 days of deliberations is a record for the 45-year-old Gotti's four racketeering trials. Earlier trials all ended with deadlocked juries.
Twice, the jury considering the current charges has said it was deadlocked. Each time the judge instructed the jurors to resume their work in search of an unanimous verdict.
Prosecutors say the son of the late Gambino family mob boss ordered or participated in several brutal attacks since the 1980s, including three murders.
Attorneys for Gotti say he quit the Mafia in 1999 and never participated in murders.
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