Thursday, October 21, 2010
Mistrial Declared In Federal Case
KENTUCKY....
A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in a federal case against 37 year old Derek Capozzi, a federal inmate who escaped from a transport van while being transported with other inmates from the Grayson County Detention Center to Blue Grass Airport in Lexington on April 15 for a transfer to an out-of-state federal prison. The jury in the case, which began deliberations at around 11:30 A.M. Thursday morning, told the judge at least twice during the day that they were deadlocked, but the judge ordered them to continue deliberating. A mistrial was delcared around 5:00 P.M. A new trial was set for November 30th.
A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in a federal case against 37 year old Derek Capozzi, a federal inmate who escaped from a transport van while being transported with other inmates from the Grayson County Detention Center to Blue Grass Airport in Lexington on April 15 for a transfer to an out-of-state federal prison. The jury in the case, which began deliberations at around 11:30 A.M. Thursday morning, told the judge at least twice during the day that they were deadlocked, but the judge ordered them to continue deliberating. A mistrial was delcared around 5:00 P.M. A new trial was set for November 30th.