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The court first asked the foreperson to weigh in.

Holley previously acknowledged she contacted the jury foreperson in the case, but described their interactions as cordial.

“Guilty,” the foreperson, whose name has not been publicly released, said in a steady voice.

Then the jury will be brought in, and the foreperson — in New York, that job generally goes to the first juror chosen — will be asked whether the jury has reached a verdict.

That’s how a jury foreperson felt after learning that the amount awarded in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center could be slashed by nearly 99%.