Three months of sitting on a jury together appears to have a way of bonding people.

When the lengthy murder trial of Christina Asp was finally ready to be placed in the hands of the jury last Thursday afternoon, the 14 people who sat in the jury box the whole time seemed genuinely disappointed to be losing two of their numbers.

Due to its length, the Asp murder trial was the first "mega trial” in the Yukon's history.

This meant 14 jurors were originally chosen to sit through the trial. This was to allow for enough jurors to try the case if one or two were unable to complete their lengthy assignment.

In the end, all 14 made it through and two names had to be drawn at random to be excused from deliberations.

After sitting though the entire trial, they had no say in the final verdict.

When it came time to choose the two who would be excluded, the jury asked Justice Leigh Gower if they would be given a chance to say goodbye after the two names were picked.

After some consideration, Gower said he couldn't allow the request.

Once the two were chosen, they had to leave and were barred from any interaction with the others until the remaining jurors come back with the verdict.

The group would have to say their goodbyes before knowing who was going to leave, the judge said.

When the names were finally chosen — juror 14 and juror one —the remaining jurors smiled, patted the two women on their shoulders and offered a few goodbye waves as the pair left the courtroom.

They were free to get together again any time they wanted — after the verdict was reached, Gower said.