After marathon deliberations spread over three days, a 12-member jury hearing the case of police brutality on an Indian grandfather in the US, has decided to meet again today.


Yesterday afternoon, the federal jury in Alabama's capital Huntsville, came back to District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala, saying that they have not been able to arrive at a consensus on the second trial of Eric Parker, the cop charged with use of excessive force on 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel that left him partially paralysed.



"We have voted a couple of times and haven't come up with a unanimous decision. What do we do next?" the jury asked. Haikala then encouraged the jury to try to arrive at a consensus. There is no reason to believe the federal government could select a more confident nor more conscientious jury for a new trial, she apparently told the jury.