PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The jury in the trial of a defense lawyer accused of bribing a witness not to testify went home Wednesday without a verdict.
Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Criminal defense lawyer Gerard Donley.
Superior Court Judge Robert Krause asked the jury of seven women and five men around 4 p.m. whether they wished to make a fresh start Thursday. Looking weary, they responded yes.
The jury has been deliberating about a day and a half in the trial of criminal defense lawyer Gerard Donley.
Prosecutors say Donley conspired with lawyer Donna Uhlmann to bribe convicted felon Michael Drepaul not to testify against the man who allegedly stabbed him, Donley's client Jamaal Dublin.
Donley testified Monday that he delivered $6,000 to Drepaul's girlfriend, Nicole "Coco" Brown, to avert more violence and to compensate Drepaul for his injuries.