Mr. Edwards, 72, took the stand in his federal racketeering trial, which opened Jan . 10
And so it goes in the government's $280 billion racketeering trial against the tobacco industry: another witness, another exhibit.
A federal jury began deliberations today in the bribery and racketeering trial of the leaders of the International Boxing Federation.
As preparations for what will surely be a complex and logistically challenging racketeering trial of nearly three dozen educators continue, personal troubles are beginning to surface.
In a federal racketeering trial moved to New Haven because of heavy publicity in New York, Mr. Friedman was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
At the time of writing, the jury hearing Black's racketeering trial has been deliberating for 72 hours, liberally spread over more than two weeks.
The manager, Thomas Sicignano, testified at the racketeering trial of Steve Kaplan, owner of the Gold Club, that Mr. Kaplan felt sports stars would popularize it.
Jurors in the federal racketeering trial of former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards were sent home today, the second consecutive day that deliberations in the trial were stalled.
The 104-room ranch was forfeited to the government in 1999 after the bordello's parent companies were convicted in a federal fraud and racketeering trial.
The accusation came at the racketeering trial of seven men, including Peter Gotti, who prosecutors say is now the leader of the Gambino crime family.
During one racketeering trial, Mr. Ricco and other lawyers recalled, a defendant took the stand, and tried to convince the jury that he was innocent.
