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The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said it has not decided if prosecutors will retry the aggravated assault case against a corrections officer who was investigated and charged shortly after blowing the whistle against the prison director.
The criminal trial against former Lt. Mark Hasz ended with a hung jury this week.
ABC15 learned the eight-person jury was split six votes to two in favor of acquitting Hasz.
“We have a couple of options, we can take it to trial again, make a plea offer, or dismiss the case,” an MCAO spokesperson wrote to ABC15 in an email. “At this time, no decision has been made.”
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