Former Jefferson County treasurer Mark Paschall will not face trial a third time for an alleged kickback scheme, the district attorney said today.
Two previous trials on the allegations that Paschall solicited a kickback from a top aide shortly before he left office in 2006 ended in a deadlocked jury.
Earlier this month a mistrial was declared when the vote for acquittal was 7-5; in February, a jury voted 8-4 for acquittal.
“While I continue to believe that elected officials should be held to a high standard of conduct and that the trials were justified based upon the evidence,” Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey said in a statement today, “I do not feel that pursuing this case further is appropriate considering that 15 out of 24 jurors voted to acquit Mark Paschall.”
