Jury in Chicago mob trial reaches verdict

ABC TV Chicago reports:

There is a verdict in the Operation Family Secrets mob trial. It will be announced about 2 p.m. Five defendants are accused of being part of a conspiracy that included 18 murders dating back to 1970.
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The federal jury deliberated for three days last week before heading home. They came back to court this morning to resume deliberations, and court officials say they plan to announce a verdict (at 2 p.m.) this afternoon.

The jury must actually have reached the verdict last Thursday afternoon. They did not deliberate Friday or over the weekend. When they came in Monday morning at 9:30, just literally minutes later, they notified the judge they had a verdict.

The jury probably decided to sleep on it over the weekend. They came back to make sure everybody still felt the same. Indeed they did. There will be a verdict announced at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon in the judge's courtroom where the trial has been going on since early June.

We will have an update later.