http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003018247_webmistrial25.html
So, because the jurors saw the real defendant, not the image a defense attorney would want to present, you have to find some new jurors who can be properly mislead, without any exposure to the truth?A public defender in a custodial assault case was smacked in the throat by his client during jury selection in court, causing the judge to declare a mistrial and the shaken lawyer to withdraw from the case.
....Guards immediately subdued Jacobson, and Judge Paula Casey declared a mistrial because the incident was witnessed by the prospective jurors.