Jurors have not reached a verdict in the Classie Hawthorne trial in Stark County Common Pleas Court. They will return to resume deliberations at 9 Wednesday morning.

Jurors continue to deliberate in the Hawthorne trial. They have asked the judge multiple questions seeking clarification on some issues over the course of deliberations, which started Tuesday. And they asked this morning to review some video footage and a recorded phone call.

Jurors are still deliberating in Classie Hawthorne’s voluntary manslaughter trial in Stark Common Pleas Court. Around 3:30 p.m., jurors had sought clarification in a question to Judge Natalie Haupt about Ohio’s self-defense law, specifically aspects of the duty to retreat.

The Stark County Courthouse closes at 4:30 p.m. but Judge Haupt is allowing jurors to continue deliberations in the Hawthorne trial. Deliberations have spanned a full two days, which is noticeably longer than it takes for a verdict to be reached in most trials I’ve covered.

Jurors in the Hawthorne trial in Stark Common Pleas Court are continuing to deliberate. Food is being ordered for them, apparently pizza. Jurors told Judge Natalie Haupt they believe they can reach a verdict. Deliberations have taken about 15 hours total so far during two days.

Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt has sent jurors home in the Classie Hawthorne trial until Thursday morning when they will resume deliberations in an effort to reach a verdict.

Following a lunch break, jurors in the Classie Hawthorne voluntary manslaughter trial are continuing to deliberate in Stark County Common Pleas Court.

Jurors in the Classie Hawthorne trial have communicated to Judge Natalie Haupt that after nearly three days of deliberations, they cannot reach a verdict. The judge is calling the jury into the courtroom.

The jury in the Classie Hawthorne trial has deadlocked and Judge Haupt has dismissed jurors and declared a mistrial.

Jurors deadlocked in the Hawthorne trial after deliberating for 25 hours over the course of three days. The future of the case is unclear. A third trial could be pursued. Attorneys differed on whether the Stark County prosecutor or the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will decide.

A clip of Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Natalie Haupt dismissing jurors following a hung jury and mistrial in the Classie Hawthorne case.

Following a deadlocked jury and mistrial Thursday in the Classie Hawthorne voluntary manslaughter trial in the 2018 shooting death of her husband, Cleveland Hawthorne, attorneys and the judge discuss the future of the case and the issue of the defendant’s bond.

Attorneys further discuss Classie Hawthorne’s bond and whether she will remain incarcerated pending a decision on whether a third trial will occur. Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt took the issue of bond under advisement and a ruling will be made in the future.

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