Enron Broadband Case Gets Separate Retrials

Five former executives from Enron Corp.’s defunct broadband unit whose trial ended with jurors unable to reach verdicts on most charges will be retried in three separate cases next year.

Nearly two months ago a jury returned acquittals on some charges after a three-month trial but was deadlocked on dozens more. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore declared a mistrial on those charges and set retrial dates.

All five broadband defendants, as well as Enron founder Kenneth L. Lay and Chief Executive Jeffrey K. Skilling, have pleaded innocent.

A conspiracy charge linked all five defendants in two alleged schemes involving technology and finance.