Sentence examples for had been deliberating for from inspiring English sources

The jury had been deliberating for 16 hours on Zimmerman's fate.

A prosecutor, Michael Farbiarz, opposed the request, pointing out that the jury had been deliberating for less than two full days.

Congress had been deliberating for seven hours when clashes broke out between protesters and riot police in Sucre, apparently precipitating the decision-making process.

David J. Goldstein, Mr. Rios's lawyer, asked Justice Clancy to call a mistrial, saying the jury had been deliberating for more than 13 hours and that their notes indicated that they would remain deadlocked.

The panel of eight women and four men had been deliberating for almost 14 hours when the judge told them they could reach a verdict on which at least 10 of them could agree.

The panel of eight women and four men at Southwark crown court had been deliberating for almost 14 hours when Mr Justice Sweeney told them on Wednesday they can now reach a verdict on which at least 10 of them agree.

After hearing four days of testimony jurors have been deliberating for almost 10 hours.

Iraqi officials who have been deliberating for two months as a 25-member committee to recommend a procedure for drafting the constitution said they were deadlocked.

At the time of writing, the jury hearing Black's racketeering trial has been deliberating for 72 hours, liberally spread over more than two weeks.

Soon afterward, the defense in the case moved for a mistrial, arguing that the jury -- which has been deliberating for nine days -- was being coerced into reaching a verdict.

How could they be, when the fate of this city's outsize mayor rests in the hands of a federal jury that has been deliberating for six days now, going on seven?