NATION : Jury in Gotti Case Sequestered
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NEW YORK — The judge in the assault case of reputed Mafia boss John Gotti ruled today that jurors in the case be sequestered, saying “your well-being and comfort are my responsibility.”
In a highly unusual ruling for a state case, Acting Justice Edward McLaughlin granted the prosecution’s request at the start of jury selection in Gotti’s assault trial. Prosecutors requested the panel be sequestered to protect against possible jury tampering.
The jurors will be sequestered when they are are sworn in for the trial, which could be as early as Tuesday. Jury selection was expected to take at least two weeks and trial itself three weeks.
Gotti could receive a life sentence as a repeat offender if convicted of assault and conspiracy in an attack on a union leader.
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