For the last month, he said, the committee staff has reviewed documents and testimony presented before other panels but has taken no sworn testimony.

The jurors yesterday reviewed testimony about some of the companies' distribution practices.

The jurors also asked to review testimony about when the killing might have taken place.

Bloch supervised a 14-hour hearing Friday, and after reviewing testimony over the weekend, he was expected to make a decision this week.

On Sunday, they asked to review testimony on the same topic from the prosecution's psychiatrists.

The verdict came on the 13th day of deliberations by the jury, which had reviewed videotaped testimony of 18 of the 20 children.

Jurors previously asked to review testimony from several months ago and also asked a procedural question.

He scheduled a hearing for Oct. 28 to review the new documents and testimony.

Mr. Glekel tried to weaken their credibility by reviewing testimony about assassination.

Staff members, they said, needed more time to review material and testimony that the committee gathered this week.