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| | Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Comment: Juries aren't that stupid, m'lud |
 | | It means that, like every other journalist, I cannot tell you why I think the Sunday Mirror published an interview last week which led to the collapse of the trial involving two Leeds United footballers, and the resignation yesterday of its editor Colin Myler. |
 | | I was expected to condemn the Sunday Mirror for its part in the fiasco, but I wanted to balance that by pointing to my genuine concerns about the wisdom of Mr Justice Poole's decision to discharge the jury at Hull crown court. |
 | | It was hard to see how the Sunday Mirror editor, Colin Myler, could have defended publishing his interview (the actual nature of which I am now forbidden to mention). |
| www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,472585,00.html (892 words) |
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