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Bernadette Fernandes, with a picture of 10-year-old daughter Trina Persad, expressed hope for justice with a new jury.
Bernadette Fernandes, with a picture of 10-year-old daughter Trina Persad, expressed hope for justice with a new jury. (Globe Staff Photo / Bill Greene) Globe Staff Photo / Bill Greene

Judge halts murder trial, rips 3 jurors

Cites failure to disclose criminal pasts

By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / December 23, 2004

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In a stunning conclusion to the five-week trial of two alleged street gang members accused of murdering 10-year-old Trina Persad, a Suffolk County judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the case of the man accused of shooting the girl after learning that three jurors had failed to disclose their criminal records. (Full article: 965 words)

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