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News Brief: Still no verdict in Malinovskaya trial
Neil Fanarof
WILMINGTON, DEL. - After a total of six days of deliberations, the jury still has yet to decide the fate of alleged murderer Irina Malinovskaya.
Malinovskaya, a Wharton undergraduate, is accused by prosecutors of bludgeoning to death her ex-lover Robert Bondar's then-girlfriend, Irina Zlotnikov, in December 2004.
The prosecution had attempted to portray Malinovskaya as obsessed with Bondar throughout the trial, while the defense tried to discredit Bondar's testimony while arguing a lack of solid forensic evidence in the case.
Last Friday, deliberations were delayed after members of the jury inappropriately saw documents left in the courtroom that contained information from the previous trials.
The trial marks the third for Malinovskaya. The past two have both ended in hung juries, the first 11 to 1 in favor of acquittal and the second in a 6-6 deadlock.
The seventh day of deliberations begin today. Both of the previous trials were declared mistrials before they had reached this point in the proceedings.
Malinovskaya, a Wharton undergraduate, is accused by prosecutors of bludgeoning to death her ex-lover Robert Bondar's then-girlfriend, Irina Zlotnikov, in December 2004.
The prosecution had attempted to portray Malinovskaya as obsessed with Bondar throughout the trial, while the defense tried to discredit Bondar's testimony while arguing a lack of solid forensic evidence in the case.
Last Friday, deliberations were delayed after members of the jury inappropriately saw documents left in the courtroom that contained information from the previous trials.
The trial marks the third for Malinovskaya. The past two have both ended in hung juries, the first 11 to 1 in favor of acquittal and the second in a 6-6 deadlock.
The seventh day of deliberations begin today. Both of the previous trials were declared mistrials before they had reached this point in the proceedings.
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