three full days of deliberations, the seth techel murder trial came to a sudden conclusion today. it was all over. the motion for a mistrial is hereby granted. the judge declared a mistrial because of a hung jury. hung jury? punch to the gut, andy? you ever have one? well, i never had one in almost 30 years. prosecutors immediately decided to retry the case. the vote had been ten to two for conviction. of course we re disappointed in what happened. the caldwells had lost a daughter and sister and, now, they couldn t even get the closure they desperately wanted. and they d have to do it all over again. it s hard to know that you re gonna have to endure another one. a trial date was set for seven months later, october 2013. and trial number two would be heard in a new courthouse. there d been a change of venue to the town of mt. pleasant. making it even tougher on the caldwells, the
on the jury and said one holdout in particular was responsible for the stalemate. he started pounding on the door saying he wanted out of there. we were in tears, a lot of us, because we knew that we were up against a wall, that nothing else could be done with this person. after weeks of testimony and three full days of deliberations, the seth techel murder trial came to a sudden the judge declared a hung jury. punch to the gut? i never had one in 30 years. reporter: prosecutors immediately decided to retry the case. it had been 10-2 for conviction. of course we re disappointed. reporter: the caldwells had lost a daughter and sister, and now they couldn t even get the closure they desperately wanted. and they d have to do it all over again. hard to know that you re going to have to endure another
but legally change his name and began homeward therapy as a freshman. his principal allowed him to use boys bathrooms but principal prevented that. back in the deliberation room, wrangling jurors in the seth techel murder trial were driving the case into a ditch. they stay out and they stay out and they stay out. what are the prosecutors telling you, todd? that there are some that are guilty and there s some that are not guilty, and they re just not agreeing. and i m starting to get worried at that point. micah sheheen was on the jury. she said one holdout juror in particular was responsible for the stalemate. he started pounding on the door saying that he wanted out of there. and we were in tears. a lot of us because we knew that we were up against a wall, that nothing else could be done with this person. after weeks of testimony and three full days of deliberations, the seth techel murder trial came to a sudden conclusion today. it was all over.