BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A jury in western Kentucky on Wednesday acquitted a man who was being tried for the second time in connection with a deadly 1998 fire at a Murray State University dormitory.
A Marshall County Circuit Court jury deliberated nearly 4 1/2 hours Wednesday before returning the verdict in the case of former Murray State student Jerry Walker Jr. The trial lasted a week and a half.
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