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...MISTRIAL DECLARED. In the retrial of JOHN (JUNIOR) GOTTI, 42, son of reputed Gambino-family kingpin John Gotti who was indicted in 2004 for racketeering and ordering the 1992 kidnapping of a radio host who had insulted his father on the air; in New York City. The jury hit an impasse over Gotti's claim that he had "retired" before July 1999--which, if true, would place him beyond the five-year statute of limitations on the racketeering charges. A previous jury also could not agree on his guilt. Prosecutors intend to try again...
...hearing comes just over a year after another undergraduate at Penn was prosecuted in a murder trial. Then-senior Irina Malinovskaya was accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend. A mistrial was ruled this past Monday as only an 11-1 decision was reached...
CONVICTED. DENNIS KOZLOWSKI, 58, former CEO of Tyco International, and MARK SWARTZ, 44, the company's longtime chief financial officer; of stealing more than $500 million in cash and stock sales from the global manufacturing behemoth they built; after a four-month second trial (the first was declared a mistrial last year); in New York City. The jury found both men guilty of charges that include grand larceny, securities fraud and falsifying business records. Each faces up to 30 years in prison...
...would that trigger a mistrial...
Meanwhile, the court trying 26 alleged conspirators for the 1983 murder of Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr. tantalizingly announced that it had reached a verdict but refused to reveal it until this week. A group of 31 prominent Filipinos countered by petitioning the Supreme Court to declare a mistrial in the case against those accused of conspiring to kill Aquino. They argued that the lower court showed "partiality" toward the accused as well as "injudicious and irregular conduct." Marcos has promised to restore General Fabian Ver, 65, a longtime crony and the best-known defendant, to his post...