Report: Citing bias, appeals court overturns SeaTac man's cold-case murder convictions
The appeals court found that one of the jurors should have been dismissed because she said she didn't know if she could be fair in a trial.
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The appeals court found that one of the jurors should have been dismissed because she said she didn't know if she could be fair in a trial.
A Washington state man convicted of killing a young couple from Saanich, B.C., more than three decades ago will get a new trial after an appeals court reversed his conviction due to a juror's bias.
A Washington state man found guilty of the aggravated murders of a young Saanich couple more than 33 years ago has had his convictions overturned due to juror bias.
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An appeals court in Washington state on Monday overturned the cold-case murder convictions against a man accused of killing a young Canadian couple in 1987, citing juror bias.
A single juror’s bias tainted the trial of William Talbott, a court ruled in Washington