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Anthony Marshall’s Guilty Verdict Will Not Be Thrown Out

Even though one juror in the Astor trial confessed later that she felt pressured into siding with a guilty verdict against Anthony Marshall, the aging heir to Brooke Astor’s fortune won’t get a new trial. But the octogenarian (and Alzheimer’s sufferer) still remains out of jail on a pending appeal, which could take years. [NYP]

Anthony Marshall’s Guilty Verdict Will Not Be Thrown Out