Hung jury leads to mistrial in police-involved wrongful death case

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Thursday, 16/02/2023

After a seven-day trial and several hours of jury deliberations, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina failed to return a verdict in the case of a Macon County Sheriff’s Deputy who shot and killed a Macon County man nearly five years ago.

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