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After a federal judge declared a mistrial, ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison will be tried again.
Brett Hankison, the former Kentucky detective federally charged in connection with 26-year-old Breonna Taylor’s March 2020 shooting death, faces a new trial after a judge declared a mistrial in his civil rights trial last month.
You thought it was over? Nah. Ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison, accused of shooting aimlessly into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, is expected to be retried in federal court.
U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared a mistrial in November when the jurors said they had "concluded deliberating" and could not come to a unanimous ruling.