Found Deceased MS - Kirby Carpenter, 36, allegedly murdered by his girlfriend Caitlin Spence and her parents in Nov 2022

[Snoopster]

Wow, they've already declared a hung jury and a mistrial. Said it was 6-6. Seems too fast to give up though. Hope there's a juror interview on this one.

Jury hung, mistrial declared in Jeffrey Spence capital murder case

PONTOTOC – A Pontotoc County jury deliberated for more than four hours Monday afternoon but was unable to come to an agreement on the fate of a Virginia man charged

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I will reiterate my complaint that this was a poorly run trial. That judge should be fired!! And the prosecution should be fired. And the defense should be fired. (although, admittedly it was the judge who should have kept them in line.)

The testimony wasn't focused on clear evidence. It was allowed to wander wherever it wanted to. Shameful and embarrassing for that County.

 

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Following mistrial, capital murder suspect asks for bond

RIPLEY – Just a week after a Pontotoc County jury was hopelessly deadlocked in his capital murder trial, a Virginia man has asked the court to set bond.

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Just a week after a Pontotoc County jury was hopelessly deadlocked in his capital murder trial, a Virginia man has asked the court to set bond.

Jeffrey Spence, 67, of Saltsville, Virginia, has been held without bond since he was arrested in November 2023, charged with the shotgun shooting death of his daughter’s boyfriend. According to the motion filed Monday in Tippah County Circuit Court, he has been incarcerated for 676 days.

The motion argues that since the jury was deadlocked in a 6-6 tie, “the proof is not evident nor is the presumption great” that he committed the crime. Defense attorney David Hill said that since half of the jury found the evidence insufficient to convict Spence, then he should be entitled to bail.
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The decision whether or not to grant bail will be up to Circuit Judge Kelly Luther.
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The judge declared a mistrial, telling the district attorney and defense to look at their calendars for possible dates in early 2026 for a new trial.