Judge May Grant Mistrial for Man Convicted of Killing Agent; Fairness of Trial Questioned After Removal of Juror Who Felt Browbeaten

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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Hansher said he is "leaning toward granting a mistrial" for Dionny Reynolds, who was convicted after a weeklong trial last month in the 2004 shooting death of an undercover state drug agent.

Reynolds, who faces life in prison if the first-degree homicide conviction stands, will get a new trial if Hansher grants a mistrial. A Thursday morning hearing on the issue which had not been published on the court system's public calendar focused on the unorthodox circumstances in which a jury convicted Reynolds.

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Judge May Grant Mistrial for Man Convicted of Killing Agent; Fairness of Trial Questioned After Removal of Juror Who Felt Browbeaten

The jury deliberated across two days, and during that time, one juror complained that she...

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