Convicted killer Scott Peterson's chance for a new trial hinges on whether a California juror who helped send him to prison in 2004 was biased.
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Read More »February 24, 2022 Comments Off on Scott Peterson’s new trial rests on question of juror bias
Convicted killer Scott Peterson's chance for a new trial hinges on whether a California juror who helped send him to prison in 2004 was biased.
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A divided federal appeals court Wednesday put on hold the murder and drug racketeering convictions of two Baltimore gang members, saying prosecutors must show at a hearing that “no reasonable possibility” exists that the verdict was unfairly influenced by a ...
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Read More »March 28, 2019 Comments Off on 4th Circuit upholds convictions of three Baltimore gang members
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the racketeering-related convictions of three violent Baltimore gang members after concluding the trial judge had properly addressed their attorneys’ concerns about anxiety-related jury bias due to jurors’ fears of gang retaliation. Lawyers for ...
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