When an Alabama jury was unable to reach a verdict in an armed robbery case, two different judges tried to convince them to come to a consensus, issuing multiple jury charges and finally ordering all reading materials removed from the jury room, including the crossword puzzles a holdout was reportedly working on in lieu of deliberations.
The pressure worked, and the panel finally voted to convict Sumnar Brewster, whose subsequent bid to have a habeas court review his case for ineffective assistance of counsel was denied.
