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Thursday, October 8, 2026
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What counts as bias?

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s decision not to hold a new trial in a gang murder case just because a juror inaccurately, but not dishonestly, failed to disclose her half-brother served a sentence for a similar crime. Because she sincerely believed this was irrelevant to the questionnaire, it did not bear on her ability to be an impartial juror.

Read the ruling here.

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