ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Still no verdict in the trial of four police officers accused of murdering Amadou Diallo. The jury will try again two hours from now. It will be their third day of deliberations. Last night, they asked to rehear testimony before quitting for the day. CNN's Maria Hinojosa is covering the trial in Albany, New York -- Maria.</s>MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Andria, the atmosphere in the courtroom is becoming increasingly tense as jurors begin their third day of deliberations. Just before 11:00 last night, jurors asked to rehear testimony from the two police officers who each fired 16 rounds at Amadou Diallo. They also asked to rehear testimony from a police expert about the five steps officers must take when approaching a suspect. In his -- and they also wanted to hear information about justification. In the judge's instructions to the jury, he told them that if the jurors thought the officers were acting in self defense, then the shooting is justified under New York State law. Attorneys for the police anxiously awaiting a verdict but refusing to speculate on what these re-reads might mean.</s>JOHN PATTEN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: It appears to us that they're really going by an order, and they're going right down through the charges, right down through the judge's charge, and I think they're right on the numbers as they're going through.</s>HINOJOSA: Meanwhile, in New York City, continued appeals for calm. And in the Bronx apartment vestibule where Amadou Diallo was shot at, an unarmed street vendor who was college bound, a shrine has been set up. The family victims, the family supporters, saying that Amadou Diallo was a victim of racial profiling. Here in court, the jurors will reconvene at 9:15, and if they do not have a verdict they're expected to continue deliberating until 11:00 p.m. tonight. Reporting live from Albany, Maria Hinojosa, CNN.
Amadou Diallo Trial Continues into Third Day After Jurors Ask to Rehear Testimony