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Jury Starts Second Day of Deliberations in Detroit Corruption Case DETROIT, MI (Associated Press) -

Jurors are returning to the federal courthouse for the first full day of deliberations in the corruption trial of a political consultant who worked for Monica Conyers at the Detroit City Council.

The jury heard closing arguments Monday in the government's case against Sam Riddle and worked in the afternoon before going home without a verdict. They're due back at the Detroit courthouse Tuesday.

Riddle is accused of conspiring with Conyers when she was a council member to extort bribes from people with business at city hall or Detroit's pension board in 2006 and 2007.

A prosecutor calls Riddle a "political pimp." His lawyer says he had a legitimate consulting business on the side.

Conyers, the wife of Detroit congressman John Conyers, pleaded guilty last summer to conspiracy.
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