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John Edwards jury requests more exhibits

A third day of jury deliberations in the campaign finance trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards passed without a verdict Tuesday, with the jurors due back in federal court Wednesday morning. The jury of eight men and four women requested two more prosecution exhibits, bringing to more than a dozen the number of exhibits sought by jurors since deliberations began Friday. The documents requested Tuesday were letters to or about Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, now 101, a billionaire heiress and Edwards supporter who gave $725,000 that was used to help hide the candidate's mistress during his failed campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Edwards, 58, a former U.S. senator and the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, is charged with accepting $925,000 in illegal campaign contributions from Mellon and Edwards' campaign finance chairman, the late Fred Baron, a wealthy Texas lawyer. Jurors must decide whether Edwards "knowingly ...