No, it means the DA's office determines whether or not to push for a retrial. He'll likely be tried again, bond won't decrease, and he'll sit in jail until they do it all again.

Or both sides realize that a trial will get them nowhere and they work on a plea deal.

Judge may be declaring a mistrial now: asking for input from the jury.

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2011 1:39:04 PM

Quote :

"I'll bet BC is going fuckin crazy right now."

Doubtful, he is probably playing ping pong without a paddle.

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 1:43 PM. Reason : camraman credibility watch!]

6/27/2011 1:42:30 PM

^He seems more like a reader to me.

Jurors have decided to continue deliberating. Not hung for right now. Lunch break.

6/27/2011 1:43:40 PM

Potentially one flip flopping juror will determine the fate of a man's life. Crazy stuff.

6/27/2011 1:50:41 PM

^ that's not even remotely accurate.

6/27/2011 2:05:12 PM

Haha, no shit.

6/27/2011 2:05:42 PM

sick burn dude

6/27/2011 2:16:25 PM

sry im late on this... but is WRAL streaming parts of the trial?? did i hear that correctly?

6/27/2011 2:18:09 PM

^^
C'mon man. Wasn't being serious.

Back to freeing, JY.

6/27/2011 2:19:49 PM

^^yeah, http://www.wral.com/news/video/9784527/#/vid9784527

the video archives are on WRAL also

6/27/2011 2:21:54 PM

niiice

now i can catch up!

thx

6/27/2011 2:25:17 PM

Quote :

"Shiiiit. DivaBaby19 would have let BC off in a heartbeat."

TRUTH!

but I'm not your "typical" afro lady

6/27/2011 2:30:56 PM

'Jury is Deliberating'

damnit, how am i supposed to get anything done with this suspense??!!?!

6/27/2011 2:53:13 PM

so i didn't follow this like i did BC trial. as far as evidence goes, how does it compare?

6/27/2011 3:03:52 PM

No evidence at all in BC trial. A little bit of circumstantial evidence in this trial that ties him directly to the crime. Still a lot of questions left, but should have been enough for a guilty verdict in Wake County.

6/27/2011 3:07:05 PM

so this jury is hung like 6-6 while BC jury was 12-0?

6/27/2011 3:08:34 PM

sense

it makes a lot of it

huh?

6/27/2011 3:09:40 PM

^^Yup. BC started 10-2 though, and went 12-0, right?

6/27/2011 3:12:15 PM

doesn't this guy have a public defender too?

6/27/2011 3:17:22 PM

Most defendants in big cases like this do. Young actually has a public defender and a paid attorney. BC had two public defenders (one was paid until the money ran out).

By paid attorney, I mean privately retained. The public defenders obviously still get paid.

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 3:20 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2011 3:19:59 PM

We have court-appointed attorneys, not public defenders.

6/27/2011 3:20:45 PM

Jury now at 8-4. Does not feel they will ever be able to make a unanimous decision.

Judge declares a mistrial, and the case to be submitted for retrial.

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 4:06 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2011 4:04:11 PM

That suuuuuucks

How long will he have to sit in jail before the next trial?

6/27/2011 4:06:54 PM

They may move him to the prison for the duration. They may release him on bond. It just depends on what the parties want to do. They may get it scheduled soon (but the calendar is usually pretty full). And of course, they may just work out a plea deal to avoid all of this again. I imagine the plea is easier to get if it's 8-4 Not Guilty, versus 8-4 Guilty.

6/27/2011 4:08:46 PM

I think you've got it the wrong order. 8-4 guilty the plea would be easier. The state didnt convince 4 people, take the plea in case you can't convince any next time around, plus its costly to do another trial. The defense now knows your presentation. But, under that same situation the defense sees 8 people it can't convince, plea out.

If the 8 leans toward not guilty, state would push for a plea to save face but the defense won't take that crap. This will go to trial, unless the state gives up

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 4:32 PM. Reason : .]

6/27/2011 4:31:04 PM

^Nah, defendant has time served under his belt. If he gets a plea deal for 8 years, he's only got 5ish left, 4 once you get to the point of retrial. He'd jump at the opportunity. Prosecution wants to get this away from the Cooper trial stigma.

[Edited on June 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2011 4:39:23 PM

Quote :

"Young actually has a public defender and a paid attorney."

i think Klinkosum was actually his PD.

he works for Cheshire now, but at the time the case was assigned, Klinkosum was still in the PD's office. he didn't go to Cheshire's office until 2009 or 10, i think.

6/27/2011 4:46:36 PM

That makes sense. But I thought Collins was privately retained and hired first? Or do I have that backwards, was Klink first?

6/27/2011 4:50:17 PM

i wonder if it had came back at 9-3 or 8-4 originally, if Stephens would've broke out the Allen Charge.

at 6-6, he really couldn't do that.

this has been a crazy case; i thought with all the circumstantial evidence the DA's had from the beginning, they would win this one easily, but, the defense had one of the better closings i have ever seen from anyone.

6/27/2011 4:51:38 PM

Quote :

"That makes sense. But I thought Collins was privately retained and hired first? Or do I have that backwards, was Klink first?"

Collins has been the head of the PD's office since its inception and Klink worked there at the time.

Young retained Wade Smith initially, but ran out of money well before trial. At that point, they removed themselves, and the PD's office took over.

Sometime in the midst of all that, Klink went to Cheshire's office, but stayed on for the trial (I think that was the sequence of events)

6/27/2011 4:53:52 PM

Okay, thanks. I knew Wade Smith was around at first (and hence Alice Stubbs), but I couldn't recall the chain of events that lead to these two.

I agree, their closings were really wonderful. I think that, coupled with Young taking the stand sealed the deal for the not-guilty votes. I thought it was a slam dunk case, but I will NEVER be surprised by a jury.

6/27/2011 4:55:33 PM

FroshKiller straight up fucking ignored on this page

6/27/2011 6:47:38 PM

What's the Allen charge?

6/27/2011 7:53:22 PM

When Wake County DA Colon Willoughby dies, he is so fucking crooked he will have to be screwed in the ground

6/27/2011 8:01:54 PM

Looks like 8NG to 4G.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/28/1306302/hung-jury-could-mean-another-young.html#ixzz1Qa2sqeLU

6/28/2011 10:23:48 AM

Quote :

" Linda Fisher, Michelle Young's mother, walked up to Pat Young, Jason Young's mother, at the close of the proceedings, with a poster-size print of Michelle Young holding Cassidy, the couple's daughter. "

What a fucking bitch

6/28/2011 10:32:27 AM

^^ that's incredible. i figured it would be the other way around.

wonder how they voted, by gender

6/28/2011 10:41:08 AM

note from foreman
http://www.wral.com/asset/specialreports/michelleyoung/2011/06/28/9790761/1309287074-20110628144645004.pdf

6/28/2011 4:12:59 PM

this guy walks but brad cooper is locked.

6/28/2011 4:26:02 PM

where's he walkin to?

6/28/2011 4:28:00 PM

dude they had way more shit on this guy than Brad Cooper

hell Brad Cooper had an alibi...he was talking to her on the phone when she was supposedly dead.

6/28/2011 4:28:59 PM

now everyone is starting to see why these prosecutors offer insane plea deals to everyone. i used to think it was because they were bad - but it seems like they're always left holding the bag full of no evidence because the cops don't know how to cop.


I actually wasn't leaning either way before this trial started, and after hearing all the negative stuff about Jason Young, I was expecting a slam dunk case. The media made him look like the devil, and it took them years to arrest him. I was sure the trial was gonna smoke him.

but holy shit was I wrong.... a couple ex-girlfriends, a pissed off mother-in-law, and a hillbilly pump jockey who swore she saw him. OMG MURDERER. Then he gets on the stand and they shit themselves, like he busted out a trick play. ahhahahaha.

So glad to see him at least get another shot at trial.

now maybe the damned INVESTIGATORS can go back and figure out who that DNA and the shoes belonged to.

6/28/2011 5:03:12 PM

Decision to re-try Young could come Wednesday(today)

http://www.wral.com/specialreports/michelleyoung/story/9882449/

Quote :

"RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County prosecutors could announce Wednesday how they plan to proceed against a Raleigh man, whose murder trial ended last month with a deadlocked jury. A Superior Court judge declared a mistrial on June 27 after jurors were unable to decide whether Jason Young is guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of his pregnant wife, Michelle Young. The district attorney's office could decide to try him again, reach a plea deal or dismiss the murder charge. If prosecutors choose to re-try the case, defense attorneys are expected to ask for bond for their client so that he can be released pending the new trial. Michelle Young, 29, was found facedown on the floor in the bedroom of the couple's Raleigh home on Nov. 3, 2006. In a rare move, Jason Young, 37, testified during his trial that he out of town at the time his wife was killed and that he had no involvement in her death. Legal experts say his decision to testify could have been a factor in the hung jury. Jurors deliberated for more than 12 hours before sending a note to Judge Donald Stephens that they were stuck at an 8-4 vote. It appeared by markings on the note that the jury had been leaning toward a not-guilty verdict. Jurors have declined interviews about the case, but the jury foreman told WRAL News that there was no doubt to him that there was reasonable doubt in the case."

7/20/2011 8:18:49 AM

Wake prosecutors say they will re-try Jason Young
http://www.wral.com/specialreports/michelleyoung/story/9884266/

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — Wake County prosecutors announced Wednesday that they plan to re-try a Raleigh man whose murder trial ended last month with a deadlocked jury."

7/20/2011 12:19:21 PM

Sorry for the double post, but I thought this would fit here as well.

Wake DA's office feeling brunt of budget cuts

http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/story/9881731/

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby says prosecutors in his office are pulling double duty as receptionists because state budget cuts have forced the office to cut several positions. For the past few months, assistant district attorneys have been adding their names to a weekly sign-up sheet to volunteer for shifts to answer the hundreds of phone calls the office receives each day. "I have some of the most skilled lawyers in this county who are answering telephones on a daily basis, because somebody has to answer the phones – and we have to share that duty," Willoughby said Tuesday. "We're pinched. Each day, it's robbing Peter to pay Paul." Over the past 18 months, the district attorney has had to eliminate six positions, including an assistant prosecutor and five legal assistants. Three of those cuts were the result of the state's $19.7 billion budget that went into effect this month. Now, the office is down to 25 legal assistants and 41 assistant district attorneys who are funded by state funds to handle the approximately 220,000 criminal cases filed in Wake County every year. About 15,000 of those are felonies. "Oftentimes, we have to bring files up here to (the front desk) to prepare for trial," Assistant District Attorney Becky Holt said. "Tomorrow, I have to go to court and try a case, so it's just a matter of juggling. But there's not a whole lot of options. The phones have got to be answered, and we have to be open for business." District attorney offices statewide are experiencing similar employee losses. According to the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, 55 legal assistant positions have been cut across the state, and another 15 weren't filled after employees retired. Five assistant district attorney jobs weren't filled after people retired, and another three positions are frozen for two years. Although the budget cuts are hurting many district attorney offices, lawmakers who support the new budget say the cuts had to come from somewhere. But Gov. Bev Perdue says the cuts are too severe. "North Carolina needs to find more resources to prop up the court system," she said Tuesday. "The DA's staff is obviously a consequence of a really hard budget that didn't need to happen." Willoughby says he fears that the current budget crisis could worsen. "I'm concerned that, given both the budget that got passed this year and what it appears to be the future, it's not going to get any better," he said. "We may have additional cuts in the future. If so, we'll have to cut back the services, and we're struggling to try to avoid that.""

[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM. Reason : autocorrect win or fail?]

7/20/2011 12:20:53 PM

Put boz on the phones. I think he's more suited for that than trying cases

7/20/2011 12:34:16 PM

Quote :

"The parents of Jason Young are at the Wake County magistrate's office to put up a $900,000 secured bond for his release. Young is accused of first-degree murder in the 2006 death of his pregnant wife, Michelle. His trial ended in a mistrial last month, and a new trial date is set for Oct. 10."

7/28/2011 1:28:07 PM

Wow.

7/29/2011 10:34:54 AM

Retrial of Jason Young scheduled for Jan. 9

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — A Superior Court judge in Wake County has set a Jan. 9 date to retry a man accused of beating his pregnant wife to death nearly five years ago. Jason Young, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Michelle Young, who was found dead in the upstairs bedroom of the couple's Wake County home on Nov. 3, 2006. His first trial ended in a mistrial in June after a jury couldn't reach a unanimous verdict. The new trial was scheduled to begin next month, but Judge Donald Stephens delayed it to give a court reporter more time to finish transcribing the original proceedings. Jason Young, who was arrested in December 2009, has maintained that he was out of town when his wife was killed and that he had no involvement in her death. Defense attorneys argued that someone else, possibly two people, killed Michelle Young, noting DNA evidence found inside the house didn't match Jason Young and that there was no physical or circumstantial evidence implicating him. During a routine court hearing Thursday, prosecutors said they plan to present evidence at the new trial that wasn't in the first. Jason Young, meanwhile, is out of jail on a $900,000 secured bond."

http://www.wral.com/specialreports/michelleyoung/story/10199899/

9/29/2011 2:43:11 PM

Don't forget about me guys!

11/22/2011 1:03:19 PM