A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of cleaver-swinging schizophrenic David Tarloff.
The jury was sent home at 11:30 today on it's tenth day of deliberations after sending out its third and final deadlock note.
Tarloff's insanity defense in the killing of a beloved Upper East Side psychologist must now be presented to a new jury. That process will begin on Tarloff's next court date, May 21.
"We cannot reach any further agreement," read the discharged jury's final note. "We remain deadlocked on all counts.
"I'm willing to say we are finished" the trial judge, Manhattn Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin said before sending the weary-looking panel home.
Steven Hirsch
David Tarloff taken at the 19th Pct. when he was arrested.
Tarloff admits fatally stabbing and bludgeoning Upper East Side psychologist Kathryn Faughey during a botched robbery five years ago.
Ultimately, the eight-woman, four-man jury could not agree on Tarloff's contention that he was not responsible by reason of mental illness -- an issue they clearly struggled with throughout their deliberations..
Jurors had requested repeated read-backs from the nearly two-weeks of psychiatric testimony in the case; at times their deliberations were so contentious, their shouts could be heard in the courtroom through the closed deliberations door.
Also clear was the panel's diligence. Their first deadlock note, sent out last Thursday on the seventh day of deliberations, stated that they had remained deadlocked from the very beginning.
All six of Faughey's surviving siblings -- three men and three women, ranging in age from 62 to 50 -- were in the audience as the bad news was revealed.
"This is devastating to us," said Owen Faughey, 60.
Added Mike Faughey, 53, "We are prepared to do whatever it takes to see justice. If that means we do this again a year from now, then we do it a year from now."
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