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Inside the Conroy jury room

Originally published: April 19, 2010 5:39 PM
Updated: April 19, 2010 10:46 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO  alfonso.castillo@newsday.com

Quick ReadThe jurors said that they had quickly agreed last week that Conroy was guilty of a hate crime. Murder vs. manslaughter was the key issue at hand.

Eric Kramer, 42, of Port Jefferson Station, a

Photo credit: James Carbone | Eric Kramer, 42, of Port Jefferson Station, a juror in the Marcelo Lucero murder trial, speaks about the jury's decision to convict Jeffrey Conroy of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime. (April 19, 2010)

At 10 Friday night, the jury in the trial of Jeffrey Conroy wearily returned to its deliberations after hearing a three-hour readback of the testimony of a Suffolk police detective. A verdict was now within reach, they agreed, but it seemed too late to report to the judge - and they wanted to be absolutely certain.

So they decided to wait until Monday, when they deliberated less than an hour...

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