Jury deadlocked in FirstEnergy bribery trial
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AKRON, Ohio — A judge formally declared a mistrial on Wednesday, one day after jurors deadlocked in the high-profile trial of two former FirstEnergy executives accused of bribing a state regulator. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross handed down the decision in the wake of a hung jury following the two-month trial of former CEO Chuck Jones and ex-top lobbyist Michael Dowling.
AKRON, Ohio — Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp.’s former chief executive and a top official masterminded payments to public officials in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to win a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants, attorneys ...