Judge in officer’s second mistrial: ‘Justice was done’
CINCINNATI — The Ohio judge who presided at the second mistrial for a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist says the justice system worked, despite two juries deadlocking.
“Justice was done because the jury made a decision and that decision was: We can’t reach a decision,” Hamilton County Judge Leslie Ghiz told a WLW radio talk show host on Thursday.
Ghiz was judge for the retrial of former University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing, who was charged with murder in the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose during a traffic stop. She replaced the first trial judge, who recused herself after a November mistrial.
Tensing, who was fired after the shooting, testified at both trials and said he feared he was going to be dragged or run over as DuBose drove away.