Dixon trial takes ‘unusual’ turn 

Posted: 4:52 pm Wed, November 25, 2009
By Brendan Kearney and Danny Jacobs

The judge in Mayor Sheila Dixon’s trial took the jury down what he described as a potentially “slippery slope” by granting the jury’s request to review video testimony of three key witnesses.   “There’s no perfect solution, but we can’t let perfect be the enemy of good,” said Judge Dennis M. Sweeney.   Sweeney then cleared the courtroom of ...