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Criminal Government Technology 

Ex-CIA Coder Gets Mistrial on 8 Counts Tied to ‘Vault 7’ Leak

March 9, 2020 JOSH RUSSELL
CIA, espionage, hacking, information leaks, mistrial, WikiLeaks

A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday on the most serious charges against the ex-CIA coder accused of giving WikiLeaks the agency’s confidential cyber-espionage tools in the Vault 7 leak.

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Appeals Health Law 

Ill Juror

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 BRIEF
doctors, jury, medical malpractice, Medicine, mistrial

A county court properly denied an estate’s motion for a mistrial in a medical malpractice suit after the defendant doctor and his counsel came to the aid of an ill juror who had stopped breathing, an Illinois appeals court ruled.

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Criminal Trials 

Mistrial Declared in Case of Murdered Texas Cheerleader

December 12, 2019December 16, 2019 DANIEL CONRAD
domestic violence, mistrial, murder, sexual assault, Texas

After 10 hours of deliberation over two days, a San Antonio jury could not return a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of a Texas man accused of killing his college cheerleader girlfriend.

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Criminal 

Mistrial Declared on Murder Counts for Benghazi Suspect

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 MEGAN MINEIRO
Benghazi, jury, mistrial, murder, Terrorism, verdict

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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Appeals Criminal Government Politics 

Politically Ruined Orie Sisters Take Fight to Third Circuit

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 EMILEE LARKIN
corruption, evidence, Forgery, Habeas, judges, mistrial, Pennsylvania, politician

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.

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Criminal Trials 

Jury Deadlocked on Blackwater Shooting Retrial

September 5, 2018 BRITAIN EAKIN
defense contractors, Iraq, mistrial, murder, Shooting

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.

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Criminal Government International 

Judge Denies Mistrial in Benghazi Bombing Case

June 18, 2018 BRITAIN EAKIN
Ahmed Abu Khatallah, Benghazi, mistrial

A federal judge refused to throw out a Libyan man’s conspiracy convictions  related to the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Law Trials 

Border Patrol Agent Faces Second Trial on Manslaughter Charges

May 11, 2018 BRAD POOLE
Arizona, Border Patrol, mistrial

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.

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Criminal 

Cold-Case Mistrial

March 16, 2018 BRIEF
jury, mistrial, murder

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.

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Criminal Government Latest Headlines National Regional Trials 

Mistrial Declared in Rancher’s Armed Standoff With Feds

December 20, 2017December 21, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLM, Cliven Bundy, mistrial, Nevada

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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Criminal Trials 

NYC Union Corruption Case Ends in Mistrial

November 16, 2017November 17, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD
corruption, jury, mistrial, New York, unions

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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Criminal Government National Politics Trials 

Judge Declares Mistrial in Menendez Corruption Case

November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Bob Menendez, corruption, mistrial, New Jersey

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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Criminal Trials 

Jury Deadlocks in NYC Union Corruption Trial

November 14, 2017November 15, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD
corruption, jury, mistrial, National6, NYC, unions, verdict

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.

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Criminal Trials 

Biker’s Testimony Leads to Waco Shootout Mistrial

November 12, 2017November 13, 2017 DAVID LEE
Gangs, mistrial, Shooting, Texas

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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Criminal Entertainment Trials 

Cosby Retrial

July 6, 2017 BRIEF
Assault, Bill Cosby, celebrity, comedians, mistrial, Pennsylvania, retrial, sex

The judge who declared a mistrial in the Bill Cosby sexual-assault case announced on Thursday that the elderly comedian’s second jury trial will kick off on Nov. 6.

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Criminal Entertainment Trials 

Judge Identifies 12 Jurors Who Deadlocked on Cosby

June 21, 2017June 22, 2017 LANA MORELLI
Bill Cosby, celebrity, comedians, Journalism, jury, mistrial, Pennsylvania, privacy, retrial

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.

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Criminal Entertainment Media Trials 

Media Fight to ID Jury That Deadlocked on Cosby

June 20, 2017June 21, 2017 LANA MORELLI
Assault, Bill Cosby, Journalism, jury, mistrial, Pennsylvania, privacy, sex

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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Criminal Entertainment Trials 

Bill Cosby Assault Scandal Ends in Mistrial

June 17, 2017June 20, 2017 LANA MORELLI
Assault, Bill Cosby, celebrity, comedians, jury, mistrial, Pennsylvania, race, sex

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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Business Courts Trials 

Lawyer’s Ill-Timed Snooze Spells New Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case

May 2, 2017May 4, 2017 LANA MORELLI
Fraud, ineffective assistance, mistrial, mortgage

A Pennsylvania businessman will get a new trial on his mortgage fraud case after jurors and witnesses caught his attorney sleeping during court proceedings.

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Criminal Trials 

Dallas Commissioner Acquitted on Most Corruption Charges

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 DAVID LEE
bribery, Dallas, Fraud, John Wiley Price, jury, mistrial, prosecutors

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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