February 21, 2006

Judge Orders Jurors To Continue Deliberations In Wempe Trial

LOS ANGELES (CA)
NBC 4

POSTED: 12:08 pm PST February 21, 2006

LOS ANGELES -- A judge has ordered jurors in the case of retired priest Michael Wempe to continue deliberating in hopes of reaching verdicts on four of five molestation counts on which they have not reached unanimous decisions.

The judge scheduled a Monday meeting to determine if jurors would be able to reach verdicts on four of the five counts.

Posted by kshaw at February 21, 2006 02:55 PM