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Scientology critic won't face retrial

Title: Scientology critic won't face retrial
Date: Saturday, 26 May 2001
Publisher: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Author: Deborah O'Neil
Main source: sptimes.com

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Prosecutors decide to drop a marijuana charge after jurors, concerned about church influence, deadlock. CLEARWATER — When the two-day misdemeanor trial of Scientology critic Jesse Prince ended Thursday, jurors had little doubt he had possessed marijuana as the state charged. What bothered some of them, according to two jurors, was the possibility that Prince had been set up by the Church of Scientology. They heard testimony about how Prince, once a high-ranking church member, was watched, videotaped and trailed for months ... [Read the rest at sptimes.com]