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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
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- Subject: Gotti Case
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.035001.26689@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 03:50:01 GMT
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- In article <By7AnA.6MH@acsu.buffalo.edu> v140pxgt@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Daniel B Case) writes:
- >And even if they are, this opens the door wide for intimidation. Here in New
- >York, the prosecution is required to make the names of the jurors known to
- >the defense. Gotti was tried several times (admittedly, some of them with
- >prosecution that left something to be desired) before he was finally convicted.
- >Coincidence?
-
- I should leave this to the net.Gotti.expert, but in the case which finally
- got him convicted, I'm under the impression that the jurors' names (if not
- their faces) were anonymous. Published accounts of the voir dire jury
- selection indicate that many of the potential jurors were frightened out
- of their wits.
-
- Also, I believe, an investigation has revealed that at least one of the
- jurors that acquitted Gotti in an earlier case accepted a bribe. I don't
- know whether it was under duress.
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