Hamlet Finally Gets Day in Court: ; Jury Deadlocks in Mock Murder Trial of Classic Character From Shakespeare Tragedy

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LOS ANGELES - A notorious criminal case that waited 400 years to go before a jury resulted in no definite answer to the question of whether the defendant - Hamlet Prince of Denmark - was sane when he committed murder.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy presided over a mock trial Monday night at the University of Southern California, an event sponsored by the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. The hung jury, which included actors Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin, deliberated with the audience eavesdropping by video feed.

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Hamlet Finally Gets Day in Court: ; Jury Deadlocks in Mock Murder Trial of Classic Character From Shakespeare Tragedy

Of the 12 jurors, two found the prince insane, while 10 found him to be sane at the time when he stabbed Polonius, the adviser to the king in the classic Shakespeare play...

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