In his closing argument to the jury about the Coke secrets trial, assistant U.S. attorney BJay Pak said defendant Joya Williams hatched a plan to steal and sell confidential marketing documents and
sample test products from Coke because she was deeply in debt. "This case is about desperate times calling for criminal measures," Pak said.
Defense attorney Janice Singer countered by
comparing Williams to Richard Jewell, the security guard who was reported to be a focus of a federal investigation into the 1996 bombing at Centennial Olympic Park. He later was cleared of
suspicion.
"They destroyed his life," Singer said of Jewell. "They acted rashly and they acted hastily."
The 12-person jury -- five men and seven women -- deliberated
for about three-and-a-half hours after hearing the closing arguments yesterday, and will resume this morning.
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