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Wecht challenges use of anonymous jury

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From: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Date: 20071204
Author:Jason Cato

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht might be judged by some of the numerous enemies he's made over the past three decades if an anonymous jury is empaneled in his upcoming federal public corruption trial, his lawyers argued in court papers filed today.

Wecht, 76, of Squirrel Hill, has testified as a forensic pathologist in civil and criminal cases since 1962, both as a private consultant and as the Allegheny County coroner.

"Like all public servants, and perhaps more so due to the strength of his opinions, a compelling inference may be drawn that he has made enemies during the course of that public service," ...

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