After three days of work to select a jury for the criminal trial of three former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives, the final 52 prospective jurors will return this morning for “the striking process.” U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands hopes to have a 12-member jury and four
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Letter From The Editor: Minnesota Nice
About five years ago, I was on a jury in a criminal case in Colorado. Those memories came back to me yesterday with the news that organic egg farmer Alvin Schlangen was found not guilty by a jury in Hennepin County, Minnesota. This outcome had to be a crushing disappointment
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Minnesota Raw Milk Crime Case Goes to Jury
The fate of a Minnesota organic egg farmer being determined in trial proceedings has gone to the jury, which will resume its deliberations today.
The case went to the jury late Wednesday, and the panel deliberated for about an hour before calling it quits for the day.
Since Monday, the
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