Aug. 25, 2011, 4:01 a.m. CDT
By Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments about whether to retry the remaining defendants in Alabama's gambling corruption case all at once or split them up for three trials.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson scheduled a hearing for midday Thursday. He had originally scheduled the retrial for the seven defendants to start Oct. 3. But prosecutors want to split up the case. They say having three trials with smaller numbers of defendants in each trial will make it simpler and faster than the original trial, which lasted 10 weeks. Most of the defendants want to be tried together like they were originally.
Both sides are asking the judge to delay any trial from Oct. 3 to give them more time to prepare.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson scheduled a hearing for midday Thursday. He had originally scheduled the retrial for the seven defendants to start Oct. 3. But prosecutors want to split up the case. They say having three trials with smaller numbers of defendants in each trial will make it simpler and faster than the original trial, which lasted 10 weeks. Most of the defendants want to be tried together like they were originally.
Both sides are asking the judge to delay any trial from Oct. 3 to give them more time to prepare.
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