I don't have much to say about closings, because there's no detailed coverage and I don't have the transcripts. Final Jury instructions should be posted today, after the jury begins deliberating. The jury were read the instructions Thursday. In a trial like this, the instructions can make or break the case.

I'll leave you with a few things to tide you over while waiting:

• Team Edwards Objections to the judge's final instructions. Once again, the Judge sided with the Government. When you read through it, you will see how many rulings they lost.

• Government's Requested Jury Instructions

• Transcript of hearing on Motion for Judgment of Acquittal

• Jury Composition

• Edwards Indictment

That ought to get you started. I'm keeping my fingers crossed all day.

Update: The judge didn't define what reasonable doubt is, only what it is not.

This is a heavy and strict burden, the highest in the law and higher than the burden of proof in civil cases; but it does not require the government to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond all possible doubt. The test is one of reasonable doubt.

The law presumes that reasonable doubt is a concept within the ordinary competence of a jury, that is, that you will be able to apply reasonable doubt according to its plain, ordinary, and everyday meaning. Therefore, I will not define any further what is, or is not, reasonable doubt.