OXFORD, Miss. — At the University of Mississippi on Thursday, news of a mistrial in the highly anticipated Jimmie "Jay" Lee murder case is making its way around campus. Wednesday night before 9, Circuit Judge John Kelly Luther made the announcement that he was declaring a mistrial in Timothy Herrington's murder trial. "People were kind of shocked at the outcome — a mistrial, a hung jury and how seemingly there's a person who's going to get away …

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Jimmy "Jay" Lee's body has never been found, but a judge declared him dead. Jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict after over nine and a half hours of deliberation.

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Timothy Herrington Jr. was accused by prosecutors of murdering University of Mississippi student Jay LeeBruce Newman/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr.A mistrial was declared this week in the case of Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., whom prosecutors accuse of luring University of Mississippi student Jay Lee before murdering the victim following an alleged sexual encounter between the two.Jurors at th…

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A mistrial has been declared in the ongoing murder case of out gay University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee.The long-anticipated trial for the high-profile 2022 case temporarily ended Wednesday when jurors remained deadlocked after nearly ten hours of deliberation. The group was unable to conclusively convict Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., 24, on either capital murder, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or manslaughter by cu…

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Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr. was accused of killing Jimmy "Jay" Lee while they were both students at the University of Mississippi in 2022.

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After deliberating for nine hours, the 12-person jury in the murder trial of Timothy Herrington failed to agree on a verdict. Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther ruled the trial a mistrial and thanked the jurors for their service. Herrington is accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmy “Jay” Lee in July 2022. Lee, an active member of Oxford’s LGBTQ+ community, disappeared on July 8, 2022. Herrington was arrested and charged with capital murder two …

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After nine-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the jury was still deadlocked at 11-1, and told the judge they believed it was impossible to come to an agreement.  The judge then declared a mistrial, and told the attorneys he would get with them sometime within the next week or two to attempt to set a new trial date.

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A judge has declared a mistrial in the killing of, Jay Lee, a University of Mississippi student who was prominent in the local LGBTQ+ community. A jury on Wednesday said it could not agree on a verdict in the trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. The post Judge Declares Mistrial in After Jury Deadlocks Over Killing of Gay University Of Mississippi Student appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

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