Jurors’ have lunch!
Lunch was wheeled in to the jurors at 12:14.
The rest of the story is here.
Waiting for a verdict
Members of the press covering the “Scooter” Libby trial wait for word from the jury in the Media Room where they can monitor the empty courtroom by closed circuit TV.
Left to right are Joel Seidman and Kelly O’Donnell (standing) from NBC, Paul Courson (seated in background) of CNN, the New York Time’s Neil Lewis (standing) and Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig (seated), James Gordon Meek of the NY Daily News (foreground) and Fred Graham from Court TV.
Washington Post story here.
Jury deliberating Libby’s fate
This sketch was done this morning while the judge instructed the jury before they began deliberations. Left to right are: Judge Walton’s clerk Brad Brooker, defense attorneys Ted Wells and William Jeffress, and, far right, “Scooter” Libby.
Washington Post story here.
Closing arguments in Libby trial
In this sketch Libby’s attorney Ted Wells delivers his closing argument to the jury. “Scooter” Libby is seated in the background, far right, next to another of his attorneys, William Jeffress; the goverment’s table is in the foreground.
Here Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald argues the governments case.
Washington Post story is here.
Jurors’ Valentine
The Jury in the “Scooter” Libby trial came into the courtroom, all but one, wearing red T-shirts with cutout white paper hearts stuck on in honor of Valentine’s Day. One of the jurors, a math school teacher from North Carolina who has on at least two occasions shown the Judge photos of his grandkids, stood up and made a little speech. My bet is that he’ll become the jury foreman; and the one juror who didn’t put on a red tee? surely the likely holdout when it comes to a verdict. She’s an Art curator.
AP story, along with Dana Verkouteren’s sketch, can be found here.
Slate has the story here.
About Me
Courtroom sketching is a form of visual journalism or reportage drawing that is slowly dying out. Where once upon a time news organization each had their own artist covering a story, today a “pool” artist often sketches for all. It is a demanding and stressful discipline where the drawing is often done directly and under tight deadline.
After forty-five years of news sketching in courtrooms and congress I’m calling it quits. It’s been sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, almost always interesting. I’ve been lucky to work with some really great people. Don’t think I’ll miss it, but a little scared of not having a deadline.
While I won’t be sketching in court anymore, I may continue to post to this blog from time to time. Not sure what that might be. I’m about to start a new assignment documenting infrastructure and construction. Could be interesting.
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