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Philadelphia Priest Abuse Trial Blog
Ralph Cipriano
With the jury off today, it’s a good time to speculate about if the jury remains deadlocked, should District Attorney Seth Williams retry the case?
Will Spade, a former Philadelphia assistant district attorney who worked on the 2005 grand jury investigation of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, says it’s a no-brainer.
“I really do think they have to because it’s such an important case and because they’ve staked so much on it,” said Spade, now a defense lawyer. “To Seth’s credit he’s the first prosecutor in America to actually hold the Catholic hierarchy responsible for this stuff. I think there’s too much riding on it, so they have to do it.”
Spade even volunteered to help the war effort.
“If the jury does hang or there’s a less than completely successful verdict, I will volunter to go back to the D.A.’s office and help them out with this retrial,” Spade said.
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