Judge refuses to declare mistrial in case of Army couple accused of child abuse in N.J.

Army Major John E. Jackson and his wife, Carolyn, leaving the Federal Courthouse in Newark, NJ after opening arguments in their trial on charges of child abuse on Oct. 17, 2014. A federal judge refused to declare a mistrial Wednesday after lawyers for an Army couple charged with child abuse objected to the testimony of a child services worker who told the jury that it was the worst case of abuse she had seen.

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