prepare for the table County Circu...
prepare for the table County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Porter declares a hung jury in the first-degree massacre trial of Jonathan Tolliver, an African American 19-year-old and alleged gang member charged with murdering Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale in 1998 Sam Shipp, the merely black man on the jury of six men and six women was the single juror refusing to convict Tolliver. Shipp later counts the Reporter, "If I had seen evidence that [Tolliver] had done the shooting, I would have vot him guilty. I would not hesitate." COPYRIGHT 2002 Community Renewal Society COPYRIGHT 2002 Gale Group
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