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Split-Jury Verdict

GRETNA, La. — A Louisiana appeals court ruled Ronald Gasser, who killed NFL player Joe McKnight in 2016, is entitled to a new trial because his manslaughter conviction was delivered by a split jury. The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed split-jury verdicts in April. 

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