Mistrial for Ligambi in Philly mob trial, three men convicted, one acquitted
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A federal judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the trial of reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Ligambi after jurors acquitted him on five counts but said they were hopelessly deadlocked on four others, including the key charge of racketeering conspiracy.
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RICO cases are just too complicated for a jury to understand. Most lawyers do not get it.— Philly Born- I hope they do retry them. Hopefully, they will do a better job on picking jurors.— thepaguy
- Bada-Bing!— cynic al
- Hard to believe the Feds fumbled this one. Getting to be like Congress in that office.— H2O
- Prosecution is not for profit. It is never a waste of taxpayer money. As for the verdicts, jurors are easily confused, and many think that organized crime is 'charming' - they consider these crimes to be 'victimless' until they are the victim.— Critic46
- WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP THE WAISTED DOLLARS ON THIS AND SPEND IT ON MENTAL ILLNESS SO THERE ARE LESS MURDERS.
HELLOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!— topaj - Johnny Chu: Way to make the Asian community pround you moron!! Hey Curt: Your false testimony against Mousie is what convicted him. Hope you sleep well at night scumbag!!— elfman
- How long until we read about "Bent Finger" Lou in the news?— uncle meat
- How can a couple of defendants be found Guilty of RICO when the jury essentially was unable to agree upon the Govt's presentation of the RICO's hierarchy? If this would be viewed as a completely lateral organization having no leader at the top of a typical pyramid or organizational flow chart, then the jury was wrong— zen
- Money talks, jurors stall. Oldest trick in the justice system.— cyniccritic
- Good for the jury! These wiseguys alleged committed victimless crimes and they weren't convicted of most of them. Meanwhile, how many murders were committed while these guys were on trial?
Misplaced priorities by law enforcement.— Sportyrider71 - Bent Finger Lou is one nervous dude right now.— AJL99
- With all due respect to the Justice Department, they generally higher attorneys who graduated with top grades from top law schools and are good at writing and researching. However, many are not good trial attorneys and/or have little trial experience. IT is very unfortunate. Book smarts does not always translate well with a jury.— StevenG
- What a waste of tax payers time and money! You would think the Feds would have a stronger case.— produceman
- As for those convicted.. here come the post-conviction motions. Each lawyer must have costs 100s of 1000s of $. Now they have to buy the transcript, yikes— AlwaysRight
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