PITTSBURGH - The six men and six women deliberating the fate of former coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht sent Judge Arthur Schwab a question this afternoon that read as follows: "If a woman in Carrick traveling at 20 miles an hour, and a man in Brookline traveling at 15 miles an hour, both leave their homes at the same time, which one gets to the U.S. Steel Tower first? We have a dinner riding on your answer."
The Judge met with counsel for close to a half hour, and after bickering over the wording of the response, scribbled this message to the jury: "The woman from Carrick. But it depends on where she parks."
Legal scholars agree that the question was "somewhat peculiar," and it may indicate that the jurors have been sidetracked from the issues in dispute.
