Prosecutor: Jury favored toward lesser charge
CINCINNATI - An Ohio prosecutor says jurors were leaning toward convicting a white former police officer on a lesser charge but couldn't agree in the case involving the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist.Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters says the jury in Cincinnati was tilting toward a voluntary manslaughter conviction and an acquittal on the murder charge.A judge declared a mistrial Saturday after the jury said it was deadlocked deliberating some 25 hours after getting
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