Ryan trial jurors go home early again

According to media reports, they left early today because of Passover. But there are still unresolved questions.

From ABC 7 Chicago:

For the second straight day, the jury in George Ryan's corruption trial has gone home early. The short days come as new questions are raised about the conduct of one of the jurors.

As we first reported Tuesday, lawyers want to know more about a conversation a caller to a talk-radio station claims to have had with one of the jurors. A gag order prevents the media from knowing the seriousness of this situation. The judge has not said if she spoke with jurors or if investigators tracked down the man who said he spoke with one of them.

As the jury wraps-up its ninth day of deliberations, legal experts are debating a question of their own: Can a juror who is said to have briefly talked about deliberations with someone she shouldn't have derail this case?