Lone juror 'refused to find Blagojevich guilty'
A single juror prevented former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich being convicted of selling Barack Obama's Senate seat, the jury foreman has said.
The juror, a female retiree, believed there wasn't sufficient evidence - "a smoking gun" - to warrant a conviction for corruption, James Matsumoto said.
"She saw it as, no crime was being committed. It was just talk - political talk," Mr Matsumoto told reporters.
The Chicago federal jury convicted Blagojevich of lying to FBI agents.
That charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in jail.
The jury was unable to reach unanimous verdicts on 23 other corruption charges. On several charges, the same juror held out.
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