Lac-Megantic jurors to deliberate for sixth day Tuesday
SHERBROOKE, Que. — A Quebec judge told the jurors at the Lac-Megantic trial Monday to take all the time they need to reach a verdict for three former railway employees accused in the tragedy that killed 47 people.
Earlier in the day, the jury — which began deliberating last Thursday — sent Quebec Superior Court Justice Gaetan Dumas an envelope, sparking excitement at the courthouse in Sherbrooke about a possible verdict.
It was not to be, however, as jurors instead asked Dumas for a dictionary and for clarification on various judicial matters such as the concept of “reasonable doubt.”
It was the first time jurors had emerged since being sequestered.