Litigation
Aug. 16, 2002
Sequestration Would Be Best in Westerfield Trial
Forum Column - By Marjorie Cohn - After a two-month trial, the jury is still deliberating about whether David Westerfield murdered and kidnapped Danielle van Dam, who disappeared from her bedroom on Feb. 2. The case has been the subject of an unprecedented volume of media coverage in San Diego. Yet, in spite of numerous sequestration motions by the defense, Judge William Mudd unwisely declined to sequester the jury in this capital case.
By Marjorie Cohn
After a two-month trial, the jury is still deliberating about whether David Westerfield murdered and kidnapped Danielle van Dam, who disappeared from her bedroom on F...
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