Scared juror leads to mistrial in witness intimidation case

Published September 20, 2007 4:00am ET



A Baltimore judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in a case against two men accused of attempted murder and witness intimidation after a juror said she felt intimidated herself and refused to deliberate.

The abrupt end to the trial of Yusef Winston-Bey and Victor Shuron, who are accused of gunning down a man who planned to testify against them in a Baltimore City case days later ? came after the jury passed Judge Robert Kershaw a note indicating one of them felt too “scared” to continue.

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