A mistrial was declared in the case against three former leaders of the Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm
Monday, October 19, 2015 4:22 PM EDT
The trial of three former leaders of the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf was declared a mistrial on Monday, after more than four months, by the judge overseeing the case. A Manhattan jury had deadlocked on dozens of charges against the men.
The jury of seven women and five men acquitted the defendants on 58 charges of falsifying business records in two partial verdicts delivered over a stretch of a week. But the jury could still not come to an agreement on 93 other charges including more serious offenses such as grand larceny and securities fraud. It had deliberated for 21 full days.
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