Criminal
Aug. 30, 2019
Jurors gone wild: the Ghost Ship trial
In a rare move, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson dismissed three out of the 12 jurors in the Ghost Ship case, and threatened that the dismissed jurors could be held in contempt of the court.
Louis J. Shapiro
Email: LouisJShapiro@Gmail.com
Louis, a former Los Angeles County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney and State Bar-certified criminal law specialist out of Century City. He is also a legal analyst, board member of the California Innocence Project and Project For The Innocence at Loyola Law School, CACJ and LACBA'S Criminal Justice Executive Committee.
In the pending Ghost Ship trial, two men are being tried for the tragic deaths of 36 people in the Fruitvale district warehouse fire on Dec. 2, 2016, during a dance party.
In a rare move, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson dismissed three out of the 12 jurors in the Ghost Ship case, and threatened that the dismissed jurors could be held in contempt of the c...
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