Sep 17th, 2009 · Social media tools are changing courtrooms across the country. Jurors Tweet during trials, lawyers blog and judges face calls for mistrials. Judge Gary Randall of the District Court of Douglas County, NV and attorney Michael Downey discuss social media in courtrooms.
Jun 16th, 2008 · Federal judge Alex Kozinski's declaration of a mistrial in an obscenity case came after a published report that Kozinski had posted sexually explicit material on his own Web site. David Luban of Georgetown University Law School discusses legal conflicts.
Apr 17th, 2008 · In Miami, a federal judge on Wednesday declared a second mistrial against six men accused of plotting an attack on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices. The first trial ended in December when the jury could not reach a verdict. Prosecutors built their case on the testimony of a paid informant posing as an al-Qaida operative.
Oct 22nd, 2007 · A judge declared a mistrial Monday for most of the defendants in a major terrorism-financing case. The U.S. government has accused a Muslim charity, the Holy Land Foundation, of funneling money to the Palestinian group Hamas.
Sep 27th, 2007 · After the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Wednesday in the murder prosecution of music producer Phil Spector, the judge declared a mistrial. Jean Rosenbluth, a University of Southern California law professor and former prosecutor, discusses the case.
Sep 20th, 2007 · The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial in Los Angeles is giving the deadlocked jury one more chance to reach a verdict. The panel remains split after seven days of deliberations. But to avoid a mistrial, the judge revises his jury instruction about second-degree murder.
Feb 8th, 2007 · A mistrial has ended the court-martial proceedings against a military officer who refused to serve in Iraq. The judge has scheduled a new court-martial for First Lt. Ehren Watada for March.
May 2nd, 2006 · A juror who voted to convict an accused terrorist now says she regrets voting to convict the man in Lodi, Calif. Madeleine Brand talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about how uncommon it would be for a judge to throw out a conviction based on a juror's regrets.