Palin’s libel case takes odd turn

Judge Jed Rakoff may have thought he was done for now with Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times on Tuesday, when a jury reached the same conclusion that he had come to and announced to the world a day before: Palin hadn’t proved her case.

But on Wednesday, the court revealed that jurors had still been deliberating when some of them inadvertently learned Rakoff had dismissed the closely watched case – via news alerts sent to their phones.

It heightens the possibility that Palin will appeal.

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