Prosecutors won't retry Arizona border rancher on murder charge after hung jury [View all]
Source: Arizona Daily Star
A Nogales rancher who was accused of killing an unarmed Mexican man on his property is now a free man, after prosecutors declined Monday to retry the case that ended in a mistrial last week.
"Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office has decided not to seek a retrial," said prosecutor Kim Hunley, Santa Cruz county attorney, during a status hearing in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.
Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the closely watched trial and deadlocked 7-1, in favor of acquittal, according to Kelly's defense team.
After asking jurors to keep trying to reach a verdict, Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink declared a mistrial on April 22.
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