| re: Phil Spector | |
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EJXD2 12:47 pm UTC 03/17/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Phil Spector - daveake 08:19 am UTC 03/17/08 |
| It does have to be a unanimous, and when the jury is deadlocked that's called a hung jury, and it's up to the prosecution whether it wants to bring the case to trial again. EdD > The jury couldn't agree on the verdict (it was 10 saying > guilty vs 2 saying not guilty). The judge decided that > wasn't enough (or maybe he didn't have a choice because it > *has* to be a unanimous verdict for murder - I don't know) > so declared a mistrial. It all starts over again, with > new jury, later this year. > > Dave > > > Question: I read on Wikipedia.de that the homicide trial > > against him collapsed because of differences between the > > jury!? What does this mean? And what are the consequences? > > Is he a free man again now or what? > > > > Markus. | |
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