I can't imagine with ALL of the negative attention Canton and the cw faced during this trial they will want to put on an even bigger circus that another trial will bring! Their entire PD has crucified by the rest of the country. People who don't even live in the same town, let alone state are live streaming their public board meetings and are enraged out the goings on in that town. Who wants that again? I would think they would want to distance themselves from this FIASCO as quickly as possible, and make no qualms about it, this trial was an absolute FIASCO that garnered international attention. Another trial will make this look like a kindergarten play.
Then there is this itty bitty little FBI investigation into the Canton PD and State Police. Who knows what that's going to uncover?? There's this whole other case going on concerning police misconduct in the Sandra Birchmore case with some of the same players involved.
I think re-trying this case would be a huge mistake.
Looking at some things on the internet..Conviction rates drop following a hung jury. Even if this trial had ended in a guilty verdict, I think there was more than enough evidence of misconduct by the judge and lying witnesses that the verdict would have been overturned on appeal.
This case is dead. Proctor and his abortion of an investigation insured it. JO was forgotten about and somebody killed him. I just don't think that person(s) responsible was on trial here.
