ORANGEBURG, South Carolina (PNN) - January 13, 2015 - A mistrial was declared nearly 12 hours after the jury of nine women and three men started deliberating in the murder trial of a white former terrorist pig thug cop chief charged in the killing of an unarmed black man.
Around 2:05 a.m., the jury deliberating murder and voluntary manslaughter charges came back into the courtroom and announced it was hopelessly deadlocked.
Circuit Judge Edgar Dickson declared a mistrial.
“I appreciate your service,” he told the jury.
The jury vote was 9-3 in favor of a guilty verdict, Solicitor David Pascoe said after the mistrial was announced. He did not know whether the vote in favor of guilt was on the murder charge or voluntary manslaughter charge.
Pascoe said he would seek to try the case again but added it was too early to be specific.