Stan In National Journal re: Ring Retrial?

"These retrials tend to favor the government. It's like a do-over," said Stanley Brand, a Washington lawyer with experience in bribery cases. The prosecution can adjust its arguments based on lessons learned in the first trial, he said.
However, Brand noted, the evidence "doesn't get any better for the government." The Department of Justice "wins the vast majority of the cases that it brings," he said, so a mistrial can be seen as a "victory" for the defense. And that victory -- even if it wasn't total victory -- may embolden Ring's attorneys come June.

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