Word: mistrial
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...alternate juror today, forcing the Republican Governor's trial to start all over again. The new juror replaces Mary Jane Cotey, who told the Arizona Republic that jurors were bargaining over votes. If jurors were vote-trading, which is not allowed, Symington could be the beneficiary of a mistrial. "If he is acquitted, look for him to rebound with a vengeance," says TIME's Richard Woodbury, who has been covering the trial. Symington, despite being declared bankrupt, has already announced he will run next year for a third term...
...computer and files from her home. Moran admitted that she wrote part of the letter but said she thought it would be sent after the civil verdict was reached. Attorneys for the plaintiffs went on red alert, concerned about a possible pernicious attempt by someone to cause a mistrial. According to a source close to the trial, "The longer these deliberations go on, the more danger we have that someone could compromise our jury...
Simpson lawyer Robert Baker moved for a mistrial, which was denied. Plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Petrocelli asked Fujisaki to sequester the jury for the remainder of their deliberations, citing the likelihood of further interference from aggressive tabloid reporters and book agents, several of whom quickly offered five-figure sums to the dismissed juror for an interview. Fujisaki declined, although he did revoke the courtroom pass of a Los Angeles TV station whose camera crew attempted to follow the jurors' van from the courthouse. He ordered the jurors to avoid all radio, television and newspapers until they reached a verdict...
...MISTRIAL DECLARED. In the first rape trial of ALEX KELLY, 29, fugitive for nine years; in Stamford, Connecticut. Kelly, who skipped bail in 1987 after being accused of rape by two women, still faces trial in the second case and a probable retrial in the first...
...case was declared a mistrial. Although federal prosecutors said King would be retried, nothing has happened since...