Pedro Hernandez: New York; The Courthouse News looks at a jury that has been deadlocked for three weeks. Has the jury exhausted itself? (Must Read. HL);

STORY: "Etan Patz jury deadlocked for three weeks," by Adam Klasfeld, published by The Courthouse News on May 5, 2015. GIST: "Three weeks into deliberations, a deadlocked jury in the Etan Patz murder case faced court orders for the second time Tuesday to get back to work.........After a 7.5-hour interrogation, Hernandez told a story that he already had shared with multiple acquaintances - that he killed a little boy in the basement of a store where he used to work in lower Manhattan.  Hernandez kept on reporting the crime to police and his jailhouse psychiatrist, but his defense attorney said that his client's memory should not be trusted. Defense attorney Harvey Fishbein maintains that with an IQ of 70 and a schizophrenia-related diagnosis, Hernandez may have been hallucinating his crimes, or his feeble mind may have cracked under the weight of coercive questioning. The defense team retained Icelandic professor Gísli Hannes Guðjónsson, an authority on false confessions, to lend his weight to the argument that Hernandez's crimes only existed in his imagination. Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon told a jury that Hernandez's mental condition was a ruse created for the press. He noted that the Rikers Island prison recorded Hernandez telling his wife on the phone that newspapers printed "some crap" about him being "delusional." Exactly three weeks after closing arguments wrapped , the jury reported for the second time in a week that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict.  It was the second such notice in a week, and Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley reacted Tuesday with a second "Allen Charge," an admonition to head back to the deliberation room and get back to work. Fishbein said in an email that he believes the judge's jury instructions were "not a standard Allen charge.  "It is quite possible Judge Wiley wrote it specially for this case," Fishbein added. "I objected to the charge because I believe that the jury has exhausted itself."" The entire story can be found at: http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/05/05/etan-patz-jury-deadlocked-for-three-weeks.htm PUBLISHER'S NOTE:    Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case. I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located  near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:   http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html   I look forward to hearing from readers at: hlevy15@gmail.com.   Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;