Instead of a typical finding of guilty or not guilty, the case of Jason Meade, a former Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputy charged with murder in connection with the December 2020 shooting of a Black man, was declared a mistrial.
You may be wondering exactly what a mistrial is and what it means for Meade, and what comes next after the Dec. 4, 2020, killing of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Dispatch courts reporter Jordan Laird discusses the Jason Meade trial and why it is so unusual.
