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A jury in baltimore could not reach a verdict in the trial of william porter. charged with a number of crime in the death of it 5-year-old freddie gray. a drug involved individual was taken into custody by police on april 12th and died after sustaining injuries. protesters marched because a jury of five black women, three black men, three white women and one white man could not reach a verdict in the case. joining us now from baltimore the attorney for fred from grays family billy murphy. first ...

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Rank speculation. >> well, you said that you heard that you were encouraged by the fact that you represent the family in the civil case, civil settlement. you were encouraged. so do you have any idea what the split was in this jury? i mean where do you get your quote encouragement? >> i didnt say i was encouraged. i said i7] thought the prosecution was encouraged. and i dont talk out of school. so you will have to speculate about the source of my information. >> okay. well now you spoke to someo...

Mr. gray. joining me now, billy murphy, the gray family attorney. thanks for joining us. were you surprised by the mistrial today? was the family surprised? >> no. this is an obvious possibility in a case like this, because people from different parts of the community have a totally different perspective on policing. and officer friendly lives in the white community and officer un-friendly tends to live in the black community. so im not surprised. >> we were talking just to our legal analyst, je...

This interview and the national data suggests that about 70% of the time after a hung jury the prosecution wins.id thats the data. >> billy, can i tell you -- thats just horrible to say this thing about the statistics. cases are tried on evidence. the prosecution said they had the evidence to go forward, that they had the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. they just got hit in the head with a deadlocked verdict. they walked out of this courtroom unable to prove to a jury jawrd. that isi&!uu bey...

Couldnt agree on the evidence. and that means that there were a substantial number of people on both sides, probably. one side wanting guilty on some of the charges or all and the other side voting not guilty so the prosecution has room for hope and the defense has room for hope. >> billy murphy, appreciate you being on tonight. a lot more ahead tonight, including presidential republican politics. how donald trump tried to leverage his debate performance. r your retirement. alright, kelly and pr...

Here to cover the freddie gray trial. >> leland, thank you. and right now the lawyer for the freddie gray family billy murphy joins us to go "on the record." good evening, sir. >> hi, greta. how are you? >> im very well. have you spoken to the prosecutor tonight? >> no, i havent. >> what are your thoughts on the mistrial?wb >> mistrials happen in about 5% of the cases that are tried in the united states. its not at all unusual for highly contested cases to result in mistrials. and in about 70 % ...

Find in some jurisdictions there are higher and in some jurisdictions there are less and in some jurisdictions there are more. this is an individual case. and its going to be tried in front of a fresh jury. that jury will have its own view of the evidence and the law. and thats how it should be. >> what we usually say to prosecutors after they keep trying failed cases give it a rest you dont have the evidence and the community is telling you in the form of the jury. we will see, billy. it will p...

Mean a second jury wont agree. >> billy, i tried cases for 12 years down here in d.c. i have seen all sorts of juries. and when a prosecution gets a hung jury after the prosecution has stood up and said we can prove this case yard and then it falls apart and they walk out of the courtroom with a deadlocked jury and a mistrial, that is a loss forj and there is no nobody that claims that one is aq!h win for the prosecution. >> well, i dont think either side won or lost. i think that given that thi...