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Ray Tensing jury deadlocks, judge declares second mistrial
For a second time, a jury has been unable to agree on whether Ray Tensing was justified when he fatally shot Sam DuBose during a traffic stop.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz on Friday shortly after 2 p.m. declared a mistrial, after the jury of nine women and three men said they could not agree on verdicts for either murder or voluntary manslaughter.
"We are almost evenly split regarding our votes," the jurors wrote to Ghiz.
Tensing’s first trial last year also ended with the jury deadlocked. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters must now decide whether to seek a third trial.
Read more: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/06/23/ray-tensing-retrial-deliberations/422913001/