Word: mistrials
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ugast was aghast when some jurors told him that Virginia Starks had been secretly drinking for days during the trial, that during deliberations, Juanita Ross had joined her, and that Starks and Ross refused even to vote on the case. Ugast, in disgust, declared a mistrial, at a cost to the public estimated by Defense Attorney Grandison E. Hill to total $150,000. In another sense, the cost may be greater. The victim may not want to go through the anguish of testifying again, and without her there would likely be no case...