Kerrigan Trial Jury Deliberates For 2nd Day Without Verdict
WOBURN (AP) - Jurors in the Massachusetts manslaughter trial of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother have finished their second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
Mark Kerrigan is charged in the 2010 death of his 70-year-old father, Daniel Kerrigan, at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston.
WBZ-TV's Diana Perez reports.
A Woburn Superior Court jury went home Tuesday after deliberating a little more than 12 hours over two days. Deliberations are to resume Wednesday.
In closing arguments Monday, a prosecutor said Mark Kerrigan was an "angry, mean, nasty, drunk son" when he killed his father. But a defense attorney said longstanding heart disease was to blame.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Jim Smith reports.
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The Kerrigan family has supported Mark Kerrigan, insisting that he is not responsible for Daniel Kerrigan's death. Nancy Kerrigan has been in court every day of the weeklong trial.
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