via AP:
"At the outset, prosecutors presented it as a slam-dunk case of murder: Brandon McInerney, driven by homophobic rage, shot a gay classmate in the back of the head during a school class.
But ultimately, after an eight-week trial and six days of deliberations, jurors could not decide if the slaying was murder or manslaughter.
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on the degree of Brandon McInerney's guilt for killing 15-year-old Larry King."
As has been reported by multiple sources, six witnesses heard the Brandon McInerney threaten the victim. He brought a loaded .22 handgun to his school. He fired the gun twice in the back of the victims head. After the murder, Brandon McInerney told a psychologist that in the days leading up to it, "All I could think about was I wanted to kill him."
To call this anything other than premeditated, first-degree murder is insane. On that note, cue the jury:
"One juror, who identified himself only as juror no. 10, told The Associated Press that several members of the panel thought McInerney should never have been tried as an adult.
"I don't think so," the juror said, when asked if the district attorney should have pursued an adult prosecution. "He was 14. Just trying to get in the head of a 14 year old (is hard.)"
Nonsense. Getting into the mind of this killer is not that difficult. His history of abuse at the hands of his parents is not a mitigating factor. Allegations of unwanted advances by the victim are not mitigating factors either. Brandon McInerney was obsessed with white supremacist and Nazi ideology. He was gripped with hatred for homosexuals. He wanted to kill the homosexual he knew. And he did.
Now, unless the DA refiles charges, Brandon McInerney is getting away with murder.
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