A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire’s youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998, but the defendant still faces 15 other charges in separate cases. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Stephen Murphy, 55, of Danvers, Massachusetts, marking the second mistrial connected to abuse allegations at state-run youth facilities. Jurors first indicated they were at an impasse Wednesday morning, their second day of deliberations. No decision on whether to retry the case has been made, said Michael Garrity, spokesperson for the office. Murphy is scheduled for trial in April, July and October on the additional charges involving three other boys who were at the facility in the 1990s.