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« Legally Blonde, Grease to stop first at PPAC | Today | Photo: Not quite a Capitol day for a walk » April 1, 2008Smoke-shop case: No verdict after first deliberationsPROVIDENCE -- There was no verdict today after a jury deliberated for about four hours in the case against seven Narragansett Indians arrested as state police raided a tribal smoke shop in Charlestown. The jury, which began its deliberations today, is slated to resume at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in Providence County Superior Court. The jury left the courtroom at 11:18 a.m. today after getting instructions from Superior Court Judge Susan E. McGuirl that lasted about an hour and a half. McGuirl told jurors, "You are to make this decision based on the evidence and the facts." She said race should not be a factor. Her instructions regarding the charges of resisting arrest included that a defendant has a right to use reasonable force in an arrest in which an officer uses excessive force. So the jury will have to weigh that. Six of the seven defendants, including Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas, are charged with resisting arrest. The tribe started selling tax-free cigarettes on its land in Charlestown on July 12, 2003, over Governor Carcieri’s objections. Dozens of state police, armed with a warrant, went to the shop two days later to halt tax-free tobacco sales. But the action turned into a scuffle, caught on camera by TV journalists and photographers there that day. Read coverage of yesterday's closing arguments in the case. Extra: More coverage of the raid and the trial, including video, photos and search warrant documents. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney Posted by Mike McKinney Commentsmary | April 1, 2008 9:28 PM link They should have dismissed the case, they will be no winners. I believe this whole case is a disgrace, and all will have to live with the decision. R.R.H R.R.H | April 1, 2008 11:48 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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I THINK THEY SHOULD LEAVE THEM ALONE EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO DO SOMETHING THEY GET SHOT DOWN WE ALL NO IT IS BECAUSE THEY WON,T PAY THE STATE OFFICALS OFF LIKE -TWIN RIVER IS !!!! AND NOW LOOK AT THE TROUBLE THERE IN BUT THE STATE STANDS BY THEM TIME AND TIME AGAIN BUT YET THE GOVENOR SAYS NO GAMBLING IN R.I. I THINK IT,S FUNNY THEY HAVE TWIN RIVER AND NEWPORT GRAND WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THOSE PLACES THERE SURE NOT CHURCH NOW ARE THEY