Monday, September 19, 2011

Mistrial in 4 month long mortgage fraud trial

This was trial #2 in the cop mortgage fraud trial, where trial #1 resulted in 4 of the 6 defendants being acquitted. For the second group of defendants, the jury hung, and I'm told it was 10-2 for acquittal. I feel for Judge Cohn, the defendants, their lawyers, and the prosecutors. This was an excruciatingly long trial. Is the government going to retry these defendants? As I've said before, I don't think retrials in cases like these are appropriate:


I'm not sure why a prosecutor should be able to retry a case after he couldn't convince a jury to convict. Isn't that reasonable doubt? To force someone to defend against two federal trials is impossible in every way -- financially and emotionally. The government had its shot in what was a controversial prosecution. Now time to go after a real criminal.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let's all wish JJ good luck today.

Bob Becerra said...

Good job to Michael Walsh, although I must say his trial preparation is rather unorthodox.

Anonymous said...

Walsh rode coattails of other lawyers here.

Anonymous said...

Great job, Mike.

Anonymous said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVfKru8jRx8&feature=player_embedded