Westar case ends in mistrial
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The federal fraud trial of former Westar Energy Inc. chief executive David Wittig and his top deputy -- accused of trying to loot the company -- ended yesterday in a mistrial after jurors could not reach a verdict on more than half of the charges.
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A mistrial is declared in the court martial of a US army officer who refused to deploy to Iraq.
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A U.S. judge declared mistrials on Thursday for six men accused of plotting to wage war against the United States and blow up Chicago's Sears Tower after a jury found one defendant not guilty but could not decide on verdicts against the others.
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A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in a medical malpractice case brought by Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis after a juror collapsed and several doctors &#151; including the two defendants &#151; rushed to his aid.
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By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman left with permanent brain damage after she tried to hang herself in the Monroe County Jail in 2002 has been settled for $13.1 million, her attorney said Wednesday.
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FORT LEWIS, Washington  - A military judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday for the court-martial of a U.S. Army officer who publicly refused to fight in Iraq and criticized the war.
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A federal judge in Dallas, Texas, declared a mistrial Monday in the case against leaders of a Muslim charity accused of aiding terrorists.
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Judge declares a mistrial on three remaining charges against William Hurwitz, letting stand a jury verdict that convicted him of running a drug conspiracy out of his McLean office.
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Cendant Corp.'s CD.N former vice  chairman has been convicted of fraud in a federal court, while  its former chairman received a mistrial, the U.S. Justice  Department said.
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To the editor:  Lawyer Dominic Gentile is right: former policeman and Clark County Commissioner Lance Malone's punishment was wrong (Wednesday Review-Journal). But he's right for the wrong reason.  Malone's punishment wasn't too long; it was too short.
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A District judge declared a mistrial on Monday on most of the counts against an Islamic charity and several men linked to it who were accused of illegally funneling over $12 million to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
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A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the murder case against Phil Spector when the jury reported that it was deadlocked 10-2 in favor of convicting the music producer of killing actress Lana Clarkson more than four years ago. The prosecutor's office announced it would seek to retry Spector, and the family of the actress also pledged to press on.
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The U.S. government refiled charges on Friday against an Army officer who refused to fight in Iraq after his first court martial ended in a mistrial.
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Before a jury was even seated, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday in a sex-assault case where he had barred the words "rape" and "victim" among others.
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MIAMI, Dec. 13 -- A federal judge declared a mistrial for six men from a fringe religious group here after a jury said it was deadlocked on charges that they conspired to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and instigate a war against the United States.
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The biggest terror-financing trial since Sept. 11 ended in confusion Monday, with no one convicted and many acquittals thrown out after three jurors took the rare step of disputing the verdict.
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The only Army officer to face a court-martial for the notorious detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was exonerated of mistreating detainees by a military jury yesterday, ending a series of prosecutions that stretched over more than three years.