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Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday in the public corruption trial of former Utah Attorney General John Swallow. A jury of 12 has heard the case. Four jurors will be released as alternates after hearing closing arguments. They won't be allowed to deliberate and decide the case, but are available in the event that another juror is not allowed to complete his or her service.

Swallow has been on trial since Feb. 7.

He was charged in 3rd District Court with 13 felony and misdemeanor counts related to allegations of corruption and bribery inside the state's top law enforcement officer.

Four of the counts have been dropped over the course of the trial.

If convicted, Swallow faces up to 30 years in prison.

The latest from Day 13 of the trial:

3:30 p.m.

Defense attorney Scott C. Williams told jurors there was no "pay for play in this case," adding that there is "nothing nefarious afoot in taking campaign money."

Williams said four of the counts filed to support the racketeering charge was evidence of the state "heaping on."

And charging Swallow with misuse of public funds for instructing a state computer technician to replace a broken glass screen on a personal computer, at a cost of $196, was "desperation," Williams said.

He concluded his closing argument by saying: "We obviously are confident this case didn't have wheels at the start; they didn't meet their burden."

Insisting that Swallow committed no crimes, Williams said: "The only humane verdict in this case is not guilty on all counts.

2:30 p.m.

John Swallow's defense attorney Scott C. Williams called key prosecution witness and convicted felon Marc Sessions Jenson "a career fraudster with 4.1 million reasons to lie," referring to $4.1 million in restitution Jenson owes in his 2005 securities-fraud case.

The state's desperation to build a case, prompted it to rely on Jenson, Williams said.

"Who created this narrative?" Williams asked. "I called it an invent-igation."

He noted that federal prosecutors found criminal proceedings against Swallow were "not warranted."

Williams said the Justice Department decided against bringing a case after one meeting with Jenson.

2 p.m.

John Swallow's defense attorney Scott C. Williams began his closing argument by quoting former Vice President Hubert Humphrey: "To err is human, to blame it on someone else is politics."

Williams added that the courtroom is not a place for politics and that Swallow did not commit a crime — any crime.

Williams said the jury didn't hear Swallow's name in the first weeks of trial because the case is a "trial by proxy" of former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and his so-called "fixer," the late Timothy Lawson.

"There is no triangle of conspiracy and enterprise," Williams said. "There is no evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, for sure."

He called the state's case a "house of cards."

Noon

Deputy Salt Lake County District Attorney Fred Burmester began the prosecution's closing argument by saying that John Swallow was part of a criminal enterprise involving Utah Attorney Mark Shurtleff and his so-called "fixer" Timothy Lawson.

Burmester said Shurtleff was at the top of the enterprise, which was designed to further political and financial aspirations.

11 a.m.

Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills is reading the instructions to the jurors, beginning with telling them that deciding what the facts are, is their job.

After the instructions have been read, the attorneys will give their closing arguments.