Going to evaluate the facts and the evidence that came out from the case. We are going to take into account discussions that any jurors might have had with our trial lawyers. We will evaluate that and go forward. Reporter the next Court Hearing is on october 4. That is when the prosecution has to come up with some kind of answer. Do they want to retry Derick Almena . We will get a better answer by next month but in the meantime he continues he remains locked up santa rita jail. As for his codefendant he wont be release from santa rita jail sometime this evening. He will be released. Now lets go to kristin eris. She has been getting reaction from family members of those victims. Reporter incredibly emotional day in court today. For those families. They came slowly out of the courtroom. Some had mixed feelings. Overall there was an overriding feeling of anger. These of course other family members of the 36 people who died in that fire. Many of them have been here in the court room every
Mistrial for Derick Almena. A hung jury leads to a mistrial for ghost ship Master Tenant Derick Almena, jurors were hopelessly deadlocked on his fate with 10 favoring guilt. I talked with my client for about a half hour, and he is less distress than i, and what we both look forward to is the next trial. And in the next trial we will do better. The jury of seven women and five men also acquitted max harris of all 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter. One count for each victim who died in the fire. Harris is set to be released from custody. This isnt a time for us to talk about the two years that my innocent young client has spent in jail, i think this is a time to think the jurys decision came after months of testimony and a shakeup in the panel. Three women were booted from the jury for misconduct. Judge Trina Thompson think the jurors for their service, telling them she knew they wanted to reach verdicts, but reassuring them that they still did their job. An attorney for Derick Almen
Theres no other word for me to say, im upset. A climatic end to the trial. Two defendants, but neither is found guite of the the verdicts a setback. The jury found max harris not guilty on all counts. He was at the door collecting donations on the night of the fire. Tonight harris has been released from jail. A different outcome for almena, he was not present on the night of the fire. 10 jurors vote for acquittal. The court hat scheduled a hearing to decide how to proceed. Henry lee has been covering the trial. What it like. Many family members of the victims were in stunned silence. There were gasps when the judge declared a mistrial for almena. Jurors were deadlocked on his face with 10 favor oring guilt. Weve talked for a half hour, hes less distressed than i and we look forward to the next trial. Of all 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. This isnt a time to talk about the cent client spent in jail. This is the time to thank the community. The decision came after months of testi
The new 4. 1 billion chase center is ready for its closeup. This is it. This is the day weve been waiting seven years for. Reporter warriors president says the dubs will play their first game here next month but tonight its all about the music. People ought to get here early. Theres a chance to explore the building. Doors open at 6 30 for an 8 00 show. Reporter getting here may be challenging if youre driving. An afternoon power outage in mission bay knocked out power to thousands and traffic lights on Fourth Street were not working. The third street bridge is down to two lanes due to construction and commuters are not thrilled. The combination of having third street bridge closed and working on the chase center was a really, like, double whammy. Reporter this morning it took us about 25 minutes in light traffic driving from the Ferry Building to the chase center. When you get here, parking is limited and expensive. If youre lucky enough to find a meter, it will cost you 7 an hour unti
Innocent young client has been in jail. I think this is a time to thank the community, thank all of the community for their tremendous outpouring of support for max harris throughout this process. I wasnt going to make a statement because obviously, im distressed. Ive been up with my client and we talked for about a half hour. And he is less distressed than i. We both look forward to the next trial and in the next trial, we will do better. Now, both of these men have been in jail at santa rita for more than two years. They were both arrested in the summer of 2017, about six months after the fire that killed 36 people at the ghost ship. There was a lot of talk during the trial about the citys potential responsibility in all of this. And in fact, this morning, as late as this morning, the last testimony the jury heard, they wanted read back to them was from an oakland fire captain about his visit to the ghost ship in 2014. His concerns about the fire load there and then in his testimony,