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CAT Tracks for September 4, 2014
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CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
In the August 28th edition of The Cairo Citizen...
...the front-page article: "Mistrial in Hughes murder trial", states:
It was at this point that the juror became uncooperative, although it is unclear if that juror had been the alternate."
I have first-hand knowledge that the alternate juror was NOT the "uncooperative" juror. The jury had become deadlocked in its deliberations prior to the arrival of the alternate.
When the jury tried to start over for the benefit of the alternate, as directed by the judge, the "uncooperative juror" refused.
"On Friday, after the case was in deliberations, a second juror was dismissed for reasons unrelated with the trial which required the final alternate to be seated.
