A jury has acquitted one of two defendants in the Ghost Ship Fire, which killed 36 people in Oakland, Calif., in 2016. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict for the other defendant. (KQEDnews)
The criminal trial of Derick Almena and Max Harris, each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the 2016 Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire, ended in a mixed decision on Thursday.
The announcement of the deadlock and acquittal came after more than five months of arguments, examination, cross-examination, dismissed jurors and one restart to deliberations. "The families are disappointed in the verdicts today, the results of today," said Mary Alexander, lead attorney for families of Ghost Ship fire victims in an upcoming, separate civil case.
"Since the beginning of this case, our hearts have been with the families of the 36 victims that died in this unspeakable tragedy," he said."That still remains our focus, and that will be our focus going forward. The verdict is in against Max Harris. We are going to evaluate our prosecution as it relates to Derick Almena."
The prosecution also argued Harris acted as a kind of second-in-command, collecting rents, issuing eviction notices and helping to organize events like the one on Dec. 2. Briggs also said Harris' duties at the warehouse were janitorial and not managerial. Harris testified he had only
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