Word: mistrials
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...latest revelation of skulduggery scarcely strengthens the Government's case against Ellsberg. If it turns out that the prosecution made use of tainted evidence gathered from the burglary, a mistrial could be declared or some or all charges could be thrown out. Defense Counsel Leonard Weinglass insisted that the burden of proof was on the Government to show that none of the evidence was tainted. He said that he would ask the court to call both Liddy and Hunt to the stand...
...defense, understandably, has been reluctant to drop the Watergate issue. Although defense lawyers have repeatedly predicted that the jury would vote for acquittal, they want to play it safe. So if they can win a dismissal of charges, or a mistrial "with prejudice"--which means Ellsberg and Russo would be safe from further prosecution--they will gladly accept...
...Angeles Federal court judge declared a mistrial yesterday and ordered that a new jury be selected in the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg '52 and Anthony J. Russo...
Throughout the jury's marathon deliberation, the defense was never idle, firing off one motion for a mistrial after another. Obviously perplexed by the legal complexities of the charges, the jurors on two occasions asked Federal Judge R. Dixon Herman to please re-explain exactly what comprises a conspiracy. His explanation, the defense objected, was "contradictory, irrelevant to the issues, grossly confusing and repetitious." In one note breaking down the subdivisions under count 1, the all-important conspiracy charge, the jury asked: "Do we find some of the defendants guilty if we have evidence that they have conspired...
Hugging. The jury pondered for a total of 59½ hours, one of the longest periods ever in a federal criminal case. Along the way, the defense made several of its motions for a mistrial (all denied) by posing the question of how long a jury can deliberate before free discussion becomes court "coercion" to arrive at a verdict. At one point, the defense called for a mistrial based in part on the fact that Judge Herman had "summarily denied" a request by married jurors for conjugal visits. That in turn led trial-goers to pass the time by envisioning...