One could say that he deliberates, if deliberation were something that post-dated rather than preceded action; but the thought process he goes through after he acts comes too late to save him from error.
Judge John M. Cleland ordered the jury sequestered while it deliberates, and if there is no verdict by late Friday, deliberations will continue into the weekend.
Both are slow to seize on proposals put to them by others and give them their backing (Mr Miliband deliberates too much, Mr Cameron too little).
But the US supported the shutdown by its ally and said it was considering its own, unspecified "unilateral measures" to punish Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test and rocket launch, even as the UN Security Council deliberates imposing more multilateral sanctions.
Berlin and Paris act; Washington deliberates; London is silent apart from a sad claim that it is a "key player" in the talks, though no British minister accompanied Merkel and Hollande on their travels.
"The family feels it is inappropriate to comment on this matter while the Appeal Court deliberates," said Anneliese Burgess, the Pistorius family spokeswoman.
Psychologists who have studied the syndrome believe that the bond is initially created when a captor threatens a captive's life, deliberates, and then chooses not to kill the captive.
Reaves could not offer an explanation: the board deliberates in secret, and its members are not bound by any specific criteria.
Lippman wants to bring the judge into the process, to make legal determinations, rule out inadmissible or improper questions, and provide legal instructions before the grand jury deliberates.
It is not probable that she consciously deliberates; but she is most excited or attracted by the most beautiful, or melodious, or gallant males.
When the jury deliberates, Owen panics and, at the last moment, switches his decision in favor of the woman.
