After three weeks, the Peel jury of seventeen citizens — down from eighteen because the jury box would only seat…
Phillip Weidner wanted a jury of peers that fit snuggly within the boundaries of blue-collar, working-class folks. He made it…
After two weeks of tedious one-by-one questioning, the judge dismissed a total of three people on the grounds of financial…
Ketchikan has long been a blue-collar town and there were some expectations the Peel jury would represent its blue-collar origins.…
The highlight of the increasingly nasty exchanges between counsel came, predictably enough, in the form of another defense request. John…
Brant McGee’s response to Mary Anne Henry’s argument was quick and angry. He charged that prosecutors had “selected” evidence to…
As the hearings on the defense motion to dismiss the indictment began, Peel’s attorneys focused relentlessly on his arson defense.…
On learning of the defense affidavit, Mary Anne Henry rushed off a memorandum to Judge Schulz, demanding that the withdrawal…
When it came time to enter a plea, John Peel and his team had a different take on what’s usually…
As the grand jury presentation wore on, Troopers provided another bit of “scientific evidence.” They recruited two volunteers to walk…