On Friday, Hankison’s attorneys filed several motions, including requesting a new trial, in part, because prosecutors misled jurors in their closing arguments about what other officers testified happened during the raid.
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The jury — made up of six women and six men, one of whom is Black — are deadlocked on the other charge, whether Taylor's civil rights were violated the night other officers shot and killed her while serving a warrant at her home.
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U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings said there had been a “concern” that bringing in a whole new legal team would be a problem in keeping the case on track, but now “the understanding is we are going forward on that day.”
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The case was immediately botched by police when the witness' statement was lost, a detective recorded over surveillance video of the shooting with a David Letterman episode and the wrong man was arrested.