Mistrial in fatal SUV curb jump crash case in Brooklyn

Thursday, September 28, 2017
FORT GREENE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A deadly car crash case in Brooklyn resulted in a mistrial on Thursday.

The mistrial was declared in the manslaughter case against Marlon Sewell because of something a juror allegedly said.
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According to the Brooklyn district attorney, the juror said that they "Didn't want to send another black man to jail."

Sewell is accused of driving his SUV onto a sidewalk in Fort Greene in 2015, killing Victoria Nicodemus.
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He was driving with a suspended license when his SUV allegedly jumped the curb while he was avoiding a bus.

The retrial is set to begin in late November.
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