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Madoff Five Trial Judge Cuts Jury to 11 After One Falls Ill

The jury deciding the fate of five of Bernard Madoff’s former employees charged with aiding his $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme will resume deliberations today with 11 members after one fell ill and was dismissed by a judge. The juror’s health isn’t likely to improve soon and replacing her with one of four alternates who attended the five-month trial would have been disruptive because deliberations were under way for two days before the illness, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said yesterday. The remaining jurors will be told of the change today, she said. More on Bloomberg here.

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