Jury deliberations begin in Tyco retrial

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Jury deliberations begin in Tyco retrial

June 3, 2005 10:27:00 am

[JURIST] Jurors began deliberations Thursday in the retrial [JURIST report] of former Tyco International Ltd. [corporate website] top executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz. The first proceeding ended in a mistrial [JURIST report] last April because of outside pressure on a juror [JURIST report]. The two Tyco executives are charged [PDF indictment] with grand larceny and securities fraud in connection with large bonuses and other compensation they received while running the company. AP has more.

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