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The Texas Attorney General’s Office is continuing to pursue the prosecution of Waco attorney Seth Sutton in a murder-for-hire case that resulted in a hung jury and mistrial Aug. 15.
A judge declared a mistrial Friday night in the murder-for-hire case against Waco attorney Seth Sutton, with the jury remaining deadlocked after 12 hours of deliberation.
Once the state rested its case in the trial of Seth Sutton on Aug. 17, the defense took less than five minutes to rest theirs.
In the murder-for-hire trial of a Waco attorney, the defense rested Thursday after saying no one warned the target of the alleged 2020 plot that he was in danger.
Seth Sutton was indicted in 2020 along with another Waco attorney, Chelsea Tijerina. They were accused of plotting to kill Marcus Beaudin, Tijerina's ex-husband.