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Bell corruption trial: Decision to retry comes next month
Prosecutors said they will announce a decision next month on whether to retry five former Bell City Council members accused of corruption. The council members were convicted last month on some charges, and acquitted on others. The jury deadlocked 9-3 in...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal
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Bell trial: After mistrial, next steps for attorneys unclear
L.A. NOWA day after a judge declared a mistrial on the remaining counts in the Bell corruption trial, saying "all hell had broken loose" with a deeply divided jury, it remained unclear what, if any, steps attorneys might take next.... -
Bell corruption trial ended with jury intimidation, attorneys say
L.A. NOWJury deliberations in the Bell corruption scandal were "very, very tense," according to a juror who described a day of rancor that the judge in the case said seemed to her like “all hell has broken loose.” Judge Kathleen Kennedy...... -
Bell's measure of justice
The mixed verdicts on the six former Bell City Council members might not have offered the clean sweep many residents had hoped for, but they nevertheless served as a welcome confirmation of what everyone already believed to be true: Appalling wrongs...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Bell trial: Judge declares mistrial on 10 counts, jury dismissed
L.A. NOWAfter four weeks of testimony, 18 days of deliberation and a mixed bag of verdicts, the jury in the Bell corruption trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a decision on about half the counts the six defendants faced.... -
Bell mistrial: 'Prosecutors on steroids,' defense says
L.A. NOWWhen former Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley announced the arrests of eight Bell city officials, he called it a case of "corruption on steroids." On Thursday, after a jury deadlocked on 42 remaining counts and Judge Kathleen Kennedy...... -
Bell case mistrial after 'all hell has broken loose' with jury
L.A. NOWThe Bell corruption trial came to a choatic end Thursday as the judge declared a mistrial on all outstanding counts, saying “all hell has broken loose” with the deeply divided jury. An exasperated Judge Kathleen Kennedy drew the case to...... -
Bell trial: Jury due back in court to discuss undecided charges
L.A. NOWA day after delivering mixed verdicts to six ex-Bell City Council members accused of stealing public money, jurors will return to court Thursday morning to address their continued deadlock on nearly half the counts the defendants faced.... -
Bell trial: Juror wants to reconsider guilty verdicts, note says
L.A. NOWAn anonymous juror in the Bell corruption trial sent a note to the judge Thursday morning saying he or she wanted to rethink the guilty verdicts the panel handed down the day before.... -
Bell jury can't change guilty verdicts, judge and experts say
L.A. NOWAs a juror in the Bell corruption trial continued to indicate Thursday uncertainty over guilty verdicts delivered the day before, attorneys watching the case said it was highly unlikely the panel would be allowed to change its minds.... -
Bell trial: Jurors ordered to resume deliberations
L.A. NOWJurors in the Bell corruption trial were ordered Thursday to resume deliberations on the multiple charges they were unable to reach a verdict on, lengthening a drawn-out effort to bring the criminal case to a close. Jurors returned mixed verdicts...... -
Defense attorneys should have polled jury after verdict, experts say
L.A. NOWA decision not to poll the jurors after Wednesday's verdict in the Bell corruption trial might prove to be an important mistake by the defendants' attorneys, experts indicated....
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