“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, will you please try once again.”

Day six of deliberations at the Lac Mégantic Criminal Negligence Trial in Sherbrooke brought with it a jury at an impasse. One day after returning to the courtroom for the first time to ask questions of clarification, the 12-member jury sent word mid-afternoon on Tuesday that they could not come to a consensus regarding verdicts and asked for guidance from Judge Gaetan Dumas. “You have reported that you are having difficulty reaching a verdict,” Judge Dumas said. “It is not mandatory, but obviously desireable, that you do so.” See full story in the Wednesday, Jan. 17th edition of The Record.