Judge hears arguments that two jurors should be removed from quadruple murder trial

The jury in the trial of Gurpreet Singh was not able to come to a unanimous decision leading to a hung jury, Judge Gregory Howard said. After more than 14 hours of deliberation, the jury told Judge Howard they couldn't reach a decision. The prosecution said 10 members of the jury agreed that jurors 111 and 83 are making it nearly impossible to deliberate because they are "aggressive (and) screaming at each other over petty nonsense." Some of the other jurors accused juror 83 of "bending instructions to facilitate her beliefs. " The prosecution said that juror 111 allegedly raised his voice and is being rude to juror 83. The jury also told the judge that Juror 83 felt unsafe because of the confrontations with Juror 111 in the jury room. Singh's defense argued that juror 83 must remain a member of the jury because removing her is a violation of Ohio law and Singh's constitutional rights. The defense also argued that if juror 111 engaged in coercive and bullying behavior against juror 83, it wouldn't be fair to remove her since she is a victim of this type of behavior. After meeting with each juror, the judge announced he didn't find any jury misconduct and denied the motion to remove jurors. He also denied the defense's request for a mistrial. MORE: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/west-chester/west-chester-quadruple-murder-trial-jury-deadlocked-after-14-hours-of-deliberation-verdict-could-come-today