Match of the Day was showing: a panel of three ugly men in bad ties were laughing at a joke.

Ms. Biberman, a New York City housing lawyer, was the only woman on a panel of four men.

The panel of four men and two women reached the verdict after deliberating two days.

Their requests for information showed that the panel of seven men and five women spent part of yesterday focusing on a key legal issue in the three-month-old trial.

It was not clear why the panel of nine women and three men balked.

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"The jury was not divided," said Jason Hauf, 32, who served on the panel of seven men and five women.

The jury foreman reported after nearly eight hours of deliberation that the panel of three men and three women had deadlocked.

The panel of eight women and four men said they were unable to reach a decision on the two counts despite long discussions.

Jurors said some of the men on the panel of five women and seven men expressed doubts about an acquittal early Tuesday.