Jordan Radway, left, and Christian Roberts were fatally shot on Jan. 28, 2019, in Maryland’s Montgomery County. “It’s obviously a difficult situation that all of us are in,” Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Harry Storm said in response to Lawlor’s argument. In court the next day, Lawlor made his move and requested a mistrial owing to virus angst weighing on jurors. The Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse is typically buzzing with activity: trials, plea hearings, weddings in the first-floor chapel. There had been a sole holdout for not guilty on felony murder, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy would later say, adding that his office would retry the case.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2020 16:59 UTC