A rancher who faced murder charges in Arizona for shooting an illegal immigrant who had trespassed onto his property near the southern border will not be retried after a mistrial ruled.
The jurors in the case of George Alan Kelly were not able to reach a decision about the verdict after deliberating for more than two days on the case, per the Associated Press .
On Monday, the persecutors had the option to retry or drop the case. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink dismissed the case as requested by the prosecution.
The 75-year-old was on trial for a month in Nogales on murder charges in the killing of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea near Nogales, Arizona.Prosecutors argued in the case that Kelly had recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 in the direction of a group of men who were trespassing on his cattle ranch. Kelly’s defense was that he fired […]
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