Things get John Grishamy

Sounds like jury deliberations are heating up over at the Stevens trial:

The trial, which began Sept. 22, has been beset by problems since the case went to the eight women and four men on Wednesday afternoon. Within hours, jurors asked to go home, sending a note to the judge saying that things had become "stressful." On Thursday afternoon, in a more explicit note, jurors asked the judge to dismiss one of their own.

"She has had violent outbursts with other jurors, and that's not helping anyone," the note read.

Sullivan did not send home the juror in question. Instead, he called jurors into the courtroom and told them to "encourage civility and mutual respect among yourselves."

Judge Sullivan then added: "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."