Snow and cold temperatures prompted the cancellation Wednesday of the ongoing trial of the former president of the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer and three subordinates on charges they plotted to rip off small trucking companies.
The trial could resume Thursday. In the meantime, Rusty Hardin, attorney for former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood, is making another push for a mistrial in the wake of U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier's decision to allow jurors to hear secret recordings of Hazelwood and a crew of now-confessed fraudster salesmen making racist and misogynistic comments.
"There are some bells that cannot be unrung - these tapes cannot be unheard," Hardin wrote in a motion. "If Mr. Hazelwood is to get a fair trial, then the jury should not be allowed to consider the proposed evidence."
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