Short of dismissing the case, the government may make a more generous plea offer. This may look like a felony plea with minimal or no jail time, or a plea to a misdemeanor offense. In very serious cases, including gun cases, this may not be a likely outcome.
But even if the government decides to rebring the case, a defendant who is not in custody gains the benefit of time and freedom. I tried a case in January of that ended in a deadlocked jury and a mistrial. This defendant faces very serious charges, and the government chose to rebring the case. However, as of this writing, over a year later, the defendant is still awaiting his second trial. Regardless of the outcome of trial 2, he gained extra time to be with his family and to live his life.
But this protection does not kick-in after a mistrial has been declared. Fenster was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent against the military. He was earlier this week slapped with two additional charges of sedition and terrorism, which carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. His trial on the new charges will begin on 16 November. Fenster, 37, who was the managing editor of online site Frontier Myanmar, was detained at Yangon international airport in May.
He is one of dozens of local journalists that have been detained since a military coup in February. According to Frontier, Fenster had earlier worked for Myanmar Now, an independent news site that has been critical of the military since the coup. Danny had resigned from Myanmar Now in July and joined Frontier the following month, so at the time of his arrest in May he had been working with Frontier for more than nine months," said the news site.
His sentencing on Friday comes months after a Japanese freelance journalist was arrested in Myanmar and charged with spreading fake news. Yuki Kitazumi, who was reporting for many of Japan's major news outlets, was one of few foreign reporters in Myanmar.
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