Mistrial Declared on Murder Counts for Benghazi Suspect
Less than a week after jurors convicted a Libyan militant in connection to the 2012 Benghazi attacks, a federal judge declared a mistrial Monday on 15 related charges.
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Politically Ruined Orie Sisters Take Fight to Third Circuit
Three politically active sisters, one a former Pennsylvania senator and another a former state Supreme Court justice, challenged their corruption convictions Wednesday at the Third Circuit.
Read moreJury Deadlocked on Blackwater Shooting Retrial
A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn’t reach a verdict in the retrial of a former Blackwater security guard for a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians.
Read moreJudge Denies Mistrial in Benghazi Bombing Case
A federal judge refused to throw out a Libyan man’s conspiracy convictions related to the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks.
Read moreBorder Patrol Agent Faces Second Trial on Manslaughter Charges
Lonnie Swartz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent acquitted on a murder charge last month in the cross-border shooting death of a Mexican teen, will face a new trial on manslaughter charges.
Read moreCold-Case Mistrial
A cold-case murder trial ended in a mistrial Friday, after 10 of 12 jurors said they would vote to find the accused not guilty in the death of his 2-year-old stepson 16 years ago.
Read moreMistrial Declared in Rancher’s Armed Standoff With Feds
A U.S. judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the Nevada case against a states’ rights figure, his two sons and another man accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents during a cattle grazing dispute.
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NYC Union Corruption Case Ends in Mistrial
A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury’s second report of a deadlock on corruption charges against the former head of New York’s powerful prison guards’ union.
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Menendez Corruption Case
The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., ended in a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked on the charges against the lawmaker and a wealthy Florida eye doctor.
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Jury Deadlocks in NYC Union Corruption Trial
Corruption charges that hinge on the contents of a Ferragamo man-purse inched toward Tuesday as a federal jury deadlocked on the former head of New York’s powerful prison guards’ union.
Read moreBiker’s Testimony Leads to Waco Shootout Mistrial
A Texas judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of the Dallas leader of the Bandidos motorcycle gang involved in a deadly 2015 shootout with rival Cossacks at a Twin Peaks “breastaurant” that killed nine and injured 20.
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Judge Identifies 12 Jurors Who Deadlocked on Cosby
A judge presiding over the sexual-assault case against Bill Cosby in Pennsylvania released the names Wednesday of the 12 jurors and six alternates from the comedian’s June mistrial.
Read moreMedia Fight to ID Jury That Deadlocked on Cosby
From Buzzfeed to the New York Times, a coalition of news organizations fought in court Tuesday to learn the names of the jurors who deadlocked on Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault trial.
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Bill Cosby Assault Scandal Ends in Mistrial
A judge declared a mistrial Saturday in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial, with the jury deadlocked on whether the comedian intentionally incapacitated a woman he had sex with in 2004.
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Lawyer’s Ill-Timed Snooze Spells New Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case
A Pennsylvania businessman will get a new trial on his mortgage fraud case after jurors and witnesses caught his attorney sleeping during court proceedings.
Read moreDallas Commissioner Acquitted on Most Corruption Charges
A Dallas federal jury punished federal prosecutors Friday for repeated mistakes at trial when it acquitted Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price on seven corruption counts while remaining hung on four others.
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First Nevada Standoff Trial Ends in Partial Mistrial
After 27 days of trial and several more of deliberations, a hung jury forced a mistrial in the first of three federal trials involving rancher Cliven Bundy and his supporters.
Read moreMistrial Declared in Murder-for-Hire Case Featured on TV’s ‘Cops’
A mistrial was declared in the trial of a Florida woman charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, a case that went viral after it was featured on the “Cops” television show.
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