NEW YORK: The Mexican drug kingpin known as"El Chapo" will stay in prison after a US appeals court refused to overturn his 2019 drug trafficking conviction despite a report that jurors had tracked the case in the media during his blockbuster trial.
He has been serving a life sentence at Colorado's Supermax, the most secure federal prison, and was also ordered to forfeit US$12.7 billion. Judges in high-profile cases ordinarily instruct jurors not to follow their trials in newspapers, TV and the internet, including social media. Newman said Cogan had also during the trial spoken with two jurors who saw information about the case, and acted within his discretion in concluding they could be fair.
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