Note signals deadlocked jury in NY terror case

NEW YORK (AP) — A holdout juror in the trial of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee has asked to be removed from the panel, signaling a deadlocked jury.

The juror said in a note Monday that she felt she was being attacked after reaching a conclusion that is not going to change. Twelve anonymous jurors are considering charges against Ahmed Ghailani.

Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan reminded all of the jurors of his instructions on the law and told them to continue deliberating.

Prosecutors say Ghailani was part of an al-Qaida cell that bombed two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. Defense lawyers say Ghailani did not know about the plot and was duped into aiding it.

Deliberations began last Wednesday.