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Jurors find Scott Peterson guilty of murder
Deliberations began last Thursday, but two juror dismissals since then delayed the process.
On Tuesday, Delucchi dismissed Frances Gorman, Juror No. 7, and replaced her with an alternate.
Then, on Wednesday, he removed Gregory Jackson, who was Juror No. 5 and the panel's foreman, over the protests of Peterson's attorneys, who tried to persuade the judge in an hour-long closed-door hearing to keep him on the jury.
Following Jackson's dismissal, the panel elected as its new foreman Juror No. 6, a firefighter and paramedic.
The panel's current 12 members deliberated for less than eight hours before announcing they had reached a verdict.