The Nation - News from April 9, 1985

Twenty-nine persons were dismissed as jury selection began in Providence, R.I., for Claus von Bulow’s retrial on charges of twice trying to kill his wife. Superior Court Judge Corinne P. Grande dismissed them after determining that the expected lengthy trial would be too much of a hardship on them. Von Bulow, 58, was convicted in 1982 of trying to kill Martha (Sunny) von Bulow by injecting her with insulin in their Newport mansion. She has been in a coma since 1980. He was given a 30-year term, but the state Supreme Court overturned the conviction, saying that Von Bulow’s constitutional rights had been violated.