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The jury in the corruption case against Sen. Robert Menendez is still deadlocked, and Judge William Walls seems inclined to declare a mistrial.

The jury sent a note to the court around 11:35 am this morning. Jurors said they "slowly and thoroughly" reviewed the evidence in the case "in great detail" but are not "willing to move away from our strong positions."

Defense attorneys immediately pushed for a mistrial.

"I think at this point we have to accept what they said and declare this a mistrial," Menendez attorney Abbe Lowell said.

Lead prosecutor Peter Koski wants Walls to see if the jury has reached a verdict on any of the 18 counts against Menendez and co-defendant Salomon Melgen. Walls did not agree.

"Based upon what has been so clearly and definitively written, that would be a futile exercise," Walls said, adding that such a move would risk "sliding down a slope of coercion and I'm not going to do that."

Walls, the prosecution and the defense then left the courtroom to interview the jury foreman.

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