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Jury deliberation in Richard Bain murder trial among Canada's longest

As the Quebec election-night murder trial enters its eleventh day of deliberations without any sign of a verdict in the near future, CBC News dug up some of the longest jury deliberations in Canadian history.

Jury in the Quebec election-night murder trial has been out for 10 full days

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The juryin the Quebec election-night murder trial is deliberating for an eleventh day in a row, and there's no sign of how much longer it could take for a decision on Richard Bain's fate.

Bain is accused of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting outside the Parti Qubcoisvictory rally on Sept. 4, 2012.

While the case wasn't necessarily a slam dunk for either the Crown or the defence, no one expected the jury to be out for so long.

It's unusual for a verdict to take so long when there's only one accused, and only four charges one count of first-degree murder, and three counts of attempted murder.

As the jurors continue their work in the Richard Bain case,CBC News looked back at some of the longest jury deliberations in Canadian history.