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 CHICAGO (AP) - Six months of testimony and two weeks of deliberations nearly went down the drain Tuesday before the judge in the corruption trial of former Gov. George Ryan put the case back on track.
U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer replaced two of the jurors and ordered deliberations to start over, rejecting a defense request for a mistrial.
Ryan and co-defendant Larry Warner were in the courtroom for Tuesday's decision, which came after six days of turmoil that began when the Chicago Tribune discovered that two jurors apparently lied on questionnaires when they denied they had ever been charged with a crime.
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