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For the third time in the past 12 months, a judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the racketeering trial of former mob boss John A. “Junior” Gotti. The jury released a note one day earlier saying it had only been able to come to agreement on one of two acts it must decide before reaching a verdict on the racketeering charge. “We feel we are deadlocked,” the note said.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin declared the mistrial shortly after noon on Wednesday.
Gotti’s lawyers argued the second-generation Mafiosi had years ago severed his ties to organized crime.
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