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November 17, 2023

Judge Declares Mistrial for Officer Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Deadly Raid
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In Kentucky, a judge declared a mistrial in the federal civil rights
trial of the ex-Louisville police officer who fired his gun during the
deadly 2020 raid on Breonna Taylor's home. The jury deadlocked over
whether to convict Brett Hankison, who was charged with using excessive
force and violating the rights of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, her
partner and Taylor's next door neighbors, where some of the officer's
stray bullets ended up. Hankison faced a maximum sentence of life in
prison. He was acquitted last year on three state counts of endangering
Taylor's neighbors. Federal prosecutors will now have to decide whether
to hold a retrial.


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