08-21-2015, 07:36 PM
MISTRIAL IN JONATHAN FERREL MANSLAUGHTER CASE
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Judge Robert C. Ervin brought the jury of eight women and four men back into the courtroom shortly after 4 p.m., and the foreman said he saw no possibility of a verdict in the case against Officer Randall Kerrick, who was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Jonathan Ferrell.
“Honestly no,” the foreman said when asked if there was a chance of resolving the deadlock. “We have exhausted every possibility short of calling in the paramedics,” an apparent reference to the intensity of the discussions.
Deputy Attorney General Arden Harris told reporters afterward that prosecutors would consider their options regarding a second trial. He offered condolences to the Ferrell family.
The jury foreman had told Judge Ervin earlier in the day that the panel was making progress, only to return, fresh from its third 8-4 vote, to report that it was giving up. That was the fourth vote overall; the first, just after arguments ended Tuesday, was 7 to 5. It is not known which way the jury was leaning.
Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/cha....html?_r=0
Judge Robert C. Ervin brought the jury of eight women and four men back into the courtroom shortly after 4 p.m., and the foreman said he saw no possibility of a verdict in the case against Officer Randall Kerrick, who was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Jonathan Ferrell.
“Honestly no,” the foreman said when asked if there was a chance of resolving the deadlock. “We have exhausted every possibility short of calling in the paramedics,” an apparent reference to the intensity of the discussions.
Deputy Attorney General Arden Harris told reporters afterward that prosecutors would consider their options regarding a second trial. He offered condolences to the Ferrell family.
The jury foreman had told Judge Ervin earlier in the day that the panel was making progress, only to return, fresh from its third 8-4 vote, to report that it was giving up. That was the fourth vote overall; the first, just after arguments ended Tuesday, was 7 to 5. It is not known which way the jury was leaning.
Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/cha....html?_r=0