CHICAGO — They were close. After three weeks of respectful but increasingly tense deliberations, 11 jurors were ready to convict Rod Blagojevich of what prosecutors called a "political corruption crime spree" that would have sent yet another former Illinois governor to prison.
Jurors were close to convicting Blagojevich
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | 9:42 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:48 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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