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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Some cockfighting convictions thrown out because of juror's use of [b]Wikipedia[/b]
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By JOHN MONK - jmonk@thestate.com The US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned six guilty verdicts in a 2010 high-profile cockfighting trial because of a rogue juror's use of the Internet during supposedly sealed-off jury deliberations.



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