COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A judge declared a mistrial Sunday in the case of a man who admitted to a string of highway shootings -- one of which killed a woman -- but claimed innocence by reason of insanity.
The hung jury came after four full days of deliberations in the trial of Charles McCoy Jr., charged with 12 shootings that terrified Columbus-area commuters over five months in 2003 and 2004.
Earlier in the day, jurors told Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Charles Schneider they voted twice on the issue of insanity and could not reach a unanimous decision. He ordered them to continue work -- leaving two of the jurors with tears in their eyes -- but sent them home about an hour later when the panel had again reached an impasse.
"We have no indication at this time that this will change," jurors told the court in a note read by the judge.
The jurors, who were first summoned April 8 and heard eight days of testimony, were escorted out of the courthouse at their request and did not comment.
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if this had of been a black man in Cols Ohio. there would have been no doubt...that man isnt crazy he knew exactly what he was doing...after he killed that woman he ran to Vegas and hid...but all those white people on the stand crying made the jury think he was innocent...wonder how many whites out numbered the minorities on the jury....if there was minorities even on it...
This Would Happen In A Racist Place Like Columbus Ohio
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