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"Fumo, Arnao lose bids for a new trial"

"Fumo, Arnao lose bids for a new trial": Yesterday in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Emilie Lounsberry had an article that begins, "The judge who presided over the corruption trial of former State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo roundly rejected Fumo's bid for a new trial yesterday, saying the evidence was 'more than sufficient' to support the sweeping convictions in the case."

According to the article, the trial judge "also rejected defense arguments that he should have dismissed a juror who had posted Facebook and Twitter messages during the trial, saying they were 'nothing more than harmless rumblings having no prejudicial effect.'"

You can access Wednesday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).