Mistrial declared in Thibodaux murder case due to coronavirus concerns
Tyrick Hills, 21, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 20-year-old Alex Moreno.
Following two days of testimony, District Judge J. Hugh Larose ordered a mistrial after a jury candidate tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said. It was brought to the court’s attention that a non-impaneled member of the jury pool had tested positive for COVID-19,” said David Melancon, the public information officer for the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office. “Out of an abundance of caution, the court declared a mistrial. A new jury trial date has not yet been set.”
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Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed bistable inflatable structures inspired by origami, raising new possibilities for the future of emergency shelters, pop-up architecture, and even extra-terrestrial structures. Many of.
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One bright April day on a Harvard University lawn, David Melancon stepped out of a white plastic tent carrying a table. Then another. Then he made a few trips to produce 14 chairs. Then a bike, followed by a yellow bike pump. Finally, he carried out a large orange Shop-Vac. Melancon, a PhD candidate in applied mathematics, then closed the tent’s makeshift door behind him. This was what his team dubbed their “clown car” demonstration proof that a huge number of objects could fit inside a tent which, only a few moments before, had been a flat stack of plastic about the size of a twin mattress, then inflated into an origami-inspired shelter.