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Bob Bashara's Mystery Illness Delays Deliberations Indefinitely

December 17, 2014, 6:08 AM

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The Bob Bashara show has been put on hold -- indefinitely.

A verdict would have likely come this week. But when it comes now is a big question mark.

Authorities announced Tuesday that a mysterious illness that has hospitalized Bashara  has put jury deliberations on hold indefinitely.

Tresa Baldas of the Detroit Free Press reports that the Wayne County jail chief  Jeriel Heard announced in a statement Tuesday night:  "Mr. Bashara is not medically competent to appear in court at this time."

Meanwhile, the longer Bashara remains hospitalized, the fuzzier the jurors' memories will get as they wait to resume deliberations in a case that involved 70-plus witnesses who testified during the two-month-long trial. The judge did not let the jurors keep notes and urged them to rely instead on their memories.

Deliberations started last Thursday and came to an abrupt halt at noon Monday when jurors had a question for the court, but Bashara wasn't present due to an undisclosed medical condition.


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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