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This, and the discussion about potential unrest, prejudiced these cases in some way. thats their perspective. its interesting to see what they say about the jurors an the process because theyre going to argue that if their defendant here officer porter up for another trial, there should be care taken even though its a case in the public eye and thats another piece here because on the officer side of the ledger, their view has been that there have been actions and they have said this in court tha...

Different conclusions about it, and having exhausted that. to your question, the judge now accepts that, youre hung, its a mistrial, which means, no answer and according to prosecutors, most likely a do-over. >> they made one request for an easel and markers and post-it notes. that was granted. then today they requested a transcript of testimony. that was turned down. why would a judge not want jurors to pore over testimony they heard in court? >> the short answer is, we dont know why the judge ...

Although we may see other dramatic things but not that because everything is under a gag order between the multiple trials. so even though this is over, game over, this trial, because it is linked to the others, ms. mosby and other people involved in the cases are not free to come out and speak openly to the press and waiting on an indication, might be some clerical or other indication to go at another trial or in the next court hearing and the gag order about outside con tktactc they may take a...

Very important. we can certainly not read into the hung jury based on that racial distribution. but it would be interesting to see how that jury came down along those lines as well as on the charges. >> joy, i heard some commentators say that a change of venue from baltimore city to baltimore county would not have been a enough if your goal is to get out of the pool of people who have seen saturation coverage of this. i heard someone say, you know, from maybe nebraska would give you a fairer loo...

First trial of the first officer that the prosecution chose, what they wanted the start with, what they thought was their best case in these multiple officers that they say are responsible for the death of freddie gray, according to this jury, they did not clear the hurdle. they did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt. manslaughter and others regarding the injuries sustained in that van. everyone remember that is story and the events coming out of it and the protests in baltimore. so this is not...

Interesting as ari mentioned, it is up to the prosecution and marilyn mosby in court today and over the course of this trial, its up to hear now, will she want to pursue this case? everything that entails. theres money and resources that did into it. and do they believe they have a chance a second time around? thats the real big question here. also, a scheduling issue here. the judge was hoping that that would end tomorrow and by chance it ended today. next up, right after the new year is cesar ...

April. i will tell you a couple highlights here on the law. number one, a mistrial as a matter of law doesnt tell us anything. its not a guilty verdict, nor is it a not guilty verdict. its the basic outcome when the 12 people on that jury cannot agree. so as a legal matter, it doesnt tell us much of anything about what would happen if this case were retried as you might expect. you do the whole thing over and it doesnt tell us legally about what would happen in the ensuing five trials. thats the...

Deadlocked, this officer not cleared nor guilty. he may face another trial soon. >> look at that air paspace. you have these pictures taken from one helicopter above another. a point you made, case, so important, bears repeating, that this crowd is not all that it looks like from aerial pictures. i would note that all the law enforcement we can see, they are not helmeted. they are not kind of kited up or bulked up with any riot gear. they really are with rush hour upon us, trying to keep sidewal...

And joy has mentioned that the prosecution will come back as the judge ordered with a new date an theyll prosecute this case once again. >> all right. lets go back to ari for a moment. so they have declared a mistrial. you have been talking about what that means legally speaking. could be a new trial of the same officer. >> thats exactly right. hung jury is jury basically saying we dont have the answer and then the judge officially declaring a mistrial. this is over. this trial is over. it is do...

Keep things calm. >> and in terms of your reporting on this trial, are you surprised by this outcome or, you know, did you read the tea leaves and see this coming? >> im not surprised. this was a very difficult case. basically, boiled down to two things that officer porter did not do allegedly. he did not call for a medic to help freddie gray and he did not buckle freddie grays seat belt. on the issue of the medic, the defense did a really compelling job of raising very reasonable doubt of when ...