Bulletin: Daniel Dougherty: Philadelphia Inquirer provides more details about the dismissal of juror no. 3: (The jury - along with the replacement juror - were off today (Thursday April 7) - due to a juror's personal issue, and is to return for a sixth day of deliberations Friday. "The juror's replacement is also a Northeast Philadelphia woman, whose sister is a city police officer." Reporter Jeff Gammage;

"On Wednesday, the juror and jury foreman were separately called to meet with the judge, prosecutor Jude Conroy, and defense lawyers David Fryman and Shannon Farmer. Juror No. 3 said she was taking Lorazepam - a sedative often prescribed to treat anxiety. She seemed "giddy," and made remarks about the prosecutor, the judge said in court. The foreman told the judge that during deliberations the juror would lay her head on a table, not participating, then jump up and pace the room. He said he and the other jurors believed she was emotionally unable to go on. The judge said in court that the juror had been untruthful in describing her son's legal troubles. In fact, he faces robbery charges in two cases, the judge said. The juror's replacement is also a Northeast Philadelphia woman, whose sister is a city police officer. Wednesday marked the fifth day of jury deliberations and the 13th day of the retrial. The jury will be off Thursday, due to a juror's personal issue, and is to return for a sixth day of deliberations Friday. Dougherty's death sentence was reduced to a life sentence in 2012. The retrial came when an appeals court ruled that his original trial lawyer's failings were so egregious that no reliable finding of guilt or innocence occurred."

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