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Mistrial in diet drug fraud case

In this June 21, 2007 file photo, attorney William Gallion enters the Federal Courthouse in Covington, Ky. Jurors say they are unable to reach a verdict in the case of two lawyers, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion, charged in federal court with defrauding their clients out of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement. The judge asked prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday morning July 2, 2008 to consider either giving the jury instructions to try again or declare a mistrial.A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two lawyers charged with defrauding clients of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement after jurors  could not reach a verdict.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

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