 The jury retired at 3 : 30 p.m. March 7 . At 11 : 30 p.m. , Judge Stone ordered the jury to continue deliberating through the night . The jury returned at 7 : 20 a.m. March 8 , after 16 hours of deliberation ; all five were convicted of a conspiracy to defraud the United States . For several hours , the jury had been deadlocked 11 to 1 for conviction , with one female juror as the holdout . 
