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mountaineer:
Apr 22, 2024
BREAKING: Murder trial for Arizona rancher who allegedly shot trespassing illegal immigrant to death ends in mistrial due to hung jury
George Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault over the killing of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, a 48-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Katie Daviscourt
The Post Millennial
--- Quote ---The trial for an Arizona cattle rancher who faced murder charges after being accused of fatally shooting an illegal immigrant who trespassed on his private property has ended in a mistrial after a hung jury.

The mistrial comes after jurors were sent home over the weekend after failing to come to a verdict on Friday. Deliberations resumed on Monday, but again they failed to reach a verdict.

George Kelly, 75, was been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault over the killing of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, a 48-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico. He faced a minimum of ten years in prison if he convicted on the murder charge.

Cuen-Buitimea had previously been deported in 2016 after he illegally entered the US on multiple occasions. ...
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Wingnut:
Should have been acquitted.

AZ will probably retry him. 

mountaineer:
KOLD (Tucson TV) story, with video.

Bigun:

Fishrrman:
Not sure if this is mentioned in the original article, but it was an 8-member jury.

The vote was 7-to-1 for acquittal.

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