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Juries are several days into deliberating on two high profile court cases this week. 

In Pennsylvania, they're still deciding the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby. 

In St. Paul, jurors are back behind closed doors after notifying a Ramsey County judge on Wednesday that they couldn't come to a unanimous decision 

in the case against St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez

. The judge told them to go back and try again. 

The trial of Jeronimo Yanez

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, former Ramsey County Attorney and now an attorney at the Gray Plant Mooty firm, spoke with MPR News host Kerri Miller about what can happen in the jury room.

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Juries are deliberating in two high-profile court cases this week: the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby, and the trial of police officer Jeronimo Yanez. So what exactly goes on inside a jury room? MPR News host Kerri Miller talks to former Ramsey County attorney Susan Gaertner for insight into the mysteries of the deliberation room.

Juries are deliberating over two high profile court cases this week: the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby, and the trial of police officer Jeronimo Yanez for the killing of Philando Castile. So what exactly goes on inside a jury room? What does the decision-making process look like? What happens if there's a hung jury? MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke to Susan Gaertner for insight into the mysteries of the deliberation room.

What's happening in the jury room?

Jeronimo Yanez and his attorneys stand outside the Ramsey Co. Courthouse.

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