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Publication Date: Friday, June 25, 2004 Mistrial in Scanlan case
Mistrial in Scanlan case
(June 25, 2004) Jury deadlocked 9-3 on death sentence for robber, killer
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Robert Foiles declared a mistrial last week in the death penalty trial of Seti Scanlan, a confessed Peninsula robber and killer.
The seven-man, five-woman jury was unable to reach a decision as to whether Scanlan, a former Mountain View resident and Trader Joe's employee, should die or spend the rest of his life in prison for the crimes he committed.
"I'm going to declare a mistrial because at this time it does appear that the jury is hopelessly deadlocked,'' the judge said.
There were nine votes for the death penalty and three for life without the possibility of parole.
Scanlan has repeated that the death penalty would be fair and just payment for numerous shootings, robberies and the murder of 34-year-old Alice Martel.
The mother of two young boys, Martel worked as a manager of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Burlingame that Scanlan and several companions robbed on Oct. 11, 2002.
Scanlan also shot Mountain View police officer Cary Shueh during a high-speed car chase, three weeks after the murder.
-- Bay City News
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