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| Samuel DuBose: mistrial declared with jury deadlocked in police shooting case | Samuel DuBose: mistrial declared with jury deadlocked in police shooting case |
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| An Ohio judge on Saturday declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked in the case of a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist. | An Ohio judge on Saturday declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked in the case of a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist. |
| Twenty-six-year-old University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in the head after pulling him over for a missing front license plate on 19 July 2015. | |
| Tensing testified he feared he was going to be killed when DuBose dragged him with his car while trying to drive away. Prosecutors said repeatedly the evidence contradicted Tensing’s story. | |
| The jury, of which 10 members were white and two black, was seated on 31 October. It had deliberated for 25 hours since Wednesday, following judge Megan Shanahan’s instructions. | |
| Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters said jurors were leaning towards convicting Tensing on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, but could not agree. Deters said he would decide within the next two weeks whether to try the case again. | |
| The shooting was one of a number across the country that have raised attention to how police deal with African Americans. Tensing was fired from the university police force after the shooting. | |
| Jurors arrived back at the Hamilton County courthouse on Saturday morning, a day after Shanahan told them twice that they had all the information they needed to reach a verdict. | Jurors arrived back at the Hamilton County courthouse on Saturday morning, a day after Shanahan told them twice that they had all the information they needed to reach a verdict. |
| The judge’s first instructions on Friday came around noon, when jurors told Shanahan they could not come to a unanimous verdict on murder or voluntary manslaughter charges. The judge advised them to keep working. She did not then grant a request by Tensing’s attorney to declare a mistrial. | The judge’s first instructions on Friday came around noon, when jurors told Shanahan they could not come to a unanimous verdict on murder or voluntary manslaughter charges. The judge advised them to keep working. She did not then grant a request by Tensing’s attorney to declare a mistrial. |
| Late in the afternoon, Shanahan briefly convened the jury, deflected a question about the definition of arrest and again ordered them back to work. The question related to conditions under which DuBose could have been considered to be evading arrest. The judge said it would be inappropriate for her to answer. | Late in the afternoon, Shanahan briefly convened the jury, deflected a question about the definition of arrest and again ordered them back to work. The question related to conditions under which DuBose could have been considered to be evading arrest. The judge said it would be inappropriate for her to answer. |