article_snippet.sent: the couple's child abuse trial marks the second go-round for the Jacksons, whose previous trial last fall ended in a mistrial when a prosecutor inadvertently referred to the fact that one of some of the children had died.
article_snippet.sent: The judge had previously ruled that the boy's death could not be introduced during the couple's child abuse trial since the defendants were not charged directly with the boy's death.
article_snippet.sent: Second trial: the couple's child abuse trial was ruled a mistrial when a prosecutor mentioned the death of one of their sons - a detail that was not supposed to be mentioned in the proceedings.
highlights_snippet.sent: The couple's first trial ended in a mistrial last November when a prosecutor accidentally mentioned the death of one of Army Major John Jackson and his wife Carolyn son's .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: That detail was barred from The couple's first trial since The couple had not been officially charged in the boy's death .
  