>>kron four's haaziq minute sat down one on one with the honorable trina thompson to get her take on the case. >>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her courtroom s of thth process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in th case. mister mister kent consummate professionals, i mean they were calm. >>their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council have. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from their families who

>>kron four's haaziq madyun sat down one on one with the honorable trina thompson to get her take on the case. this is a story you'll only see on kron 4. >>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals i mean they were calm. >>and their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in term of respectful there were times where you know some of the council have. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from t

>>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals, i mean they are caught. >>and their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council have. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from their families who are away from their job. we tried to come up with a schedule that allow to have some time in the m

>>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max d on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals i mean they were calm. >>their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council it. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from their families who are away from their jobs. so we tried to come up with a schedule that allow to have some time in the morning. >>some time duri

his opening up kron forces seek with you and sat down one on one with the honorable trina thompson to get her take on the high-profile case. it's a story you'll only see here on kron 4. >>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals i mean they were calm. >>their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council it. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why th

kron four's haaziq sat down one on one with the honorable trina thompson to get her take on the case and this is a story you will only see right here on kron 4. >>absolutely every attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals, i mean they were calm. >>their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council it. with a little push here in there and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals

now, you might recall judge trina thompson kicked out three women from the jury last month for allegeduct, although the judge wouldn't say exactly what the women did. at least two of the ex-jurors could be held in contempt of court. judge thompson warned jurors again this morning not to talk to anyone about the case. defense attorneys and prosecutors waited all day for a note from the jury, but it was radio silence from the seven women and five men. >> any juror would be needing to sort of stress their memories a little bit, test their memory banks to see how far back can they remember what these first witnesses said. >> melissa, a lot of time has passed and we know several jurors have made travel plans. now they want some days off this month. how will that impact the deliberations? >> reporter: you know, if the jury does not reach a decision, does not reach a verdict by this thursday, judge trina thompson is going to be in a tough position. because we know that several jury members, they have travel plans, they want weeks off in september, so the judge is going to have to decide, do i

>>after 10 days of deliberating on the jury theory and 2 other jurors were dismissed by judge trina thompson. >>and we spoke to the judge and i decided i'm going to be 100% truthful with the judge. >>phiri says one of the 3 jurors release told the other jurors she had spoken to a friend of hers who was a firefighter about fire and building codes despite knowing you're not to talk to anyone about the case. the other one sent a text to theory encouraging her to change her position on harris from guilty to not guilty theory says she was excused for receiving that text in not reporting it. >>and again, i said quite a few choice cuss words because i knew this is like i was being released and i also was terrified. would be acquitted. >>and that is what has. this was released from jail a free man. the jury was hung on all he returns back to court next month. a hearing theory says she'll be watching closely. >>had the fire never happened. you know, and that's what's scary in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>live look outside checking in on the golden gate >>welcome back to the kron 4 mjust

they ruled that max harris, not guilty, but did not [ trina thompson declara judge mistrial for one man. they fac counts of involuntary manslaughter and up to 39 years in prison if convicted. with us now is don clyde, who was in the courtroom yesterday when the verdict was delivered.o ing us from cambridge, massachusetts, law professor, thank you for being with us. tell me about it. in the courtroom, you cover thial since day one. what was the emotion in there? what was the impact? cement ve before theict was read, you can see the victims families, threlatives were crying. they were passing tissues on t themselves. when the verdict was read for harris as not guilty, was stoo out was one woman in particular, put her head in her hands, and was shaking back and forth like hii cannot lieve this was happening. >> people did expect a conviction. when the mistrial was announced for derick almena, there was a collected gasp of the victims. there was a real sense of shock that there was no conviction for him. >> walk us through this. there were families and suorters thof victims, course. what wa

month of september as deliberations resume here in the ghost ship fire trout in oakland judge trina thompson has yet to decide if she will grant the time off. >>considering all 3 jurors made the travel arrangements after they were notified of the deliberating schedule this comes after the jurors took off the last week of august through this past labor day. call defendants derick almena and max harris have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the people who died in a fire in the ghost ship warehouse while attending a music even it back on december second 2016 after 3 months trial. all the evidence was handed over to the jury then after 10 days of deliberating as shocking development, 3 jurors were removed surrounding misconduct allegations, 3 alternate were called up to take their place at this point only one alternate remains leaving the trial teetering dangerously close to the possibility. they miss trial if 2 or more jurors are removed. >>i don't think the court should declare a mistrial it we we've all put so much into the >>when you think about it how many people i

judge trina thompson has yet to decide if she will grant the time off. >>considering all 3 jurors made the travel arrangements after they were notified of the deliberating schedule this comes after the jurors took off the last week of august through this past labor day co-defendants derick almena and max harris have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the people who died in a fire in the ghost ship warehouse while attending a music even it back on december second 2016 after a 3 month trial. all the evidence was handed over to the jury then afte10 days of deliberating a shocking development, 3 jurors were removed surrounding misconduct allegations, 3 alternate were called up to take their place at this point only one alternate remains leaving the trial teetering dangerously close to the possibility of a mistrial if 2 or more jurors are removed. >>i don't think the court should declare a mistrial it we have we've all put so much into the >>when you think about it how many people it can take 5 months off to sit through a trial of thi

judge trina thompson think the jurors for their service, telling them she knew they wanted to reach verdicts, but reassuring them that they still did their job. an attorney for derick almena spoke to his client right after the verdict. >> he was relieved for not being convicted, but he has not and will not lose sight of the terrible tragedy that occurred. the fact that he was somehow involved in it. the fact that 36 families were shattered. the fact that they are was a most unspeakable loss of life. and so, while he is happy in a sense, to be on convicted, he is very unhappy when he thinks about what happened.>> the da must now decide whether to retry almena. >> since the beginning of this case, our hearts have been with the families of the 36 victims that died in this unspeakable tragedy. that still remains our focus. and that will be our focus going forward.>> the prosecution team met afterward with the jurors and victims families, and what they learned will play a critical role in whether the da retries almena. he will be back in court on october 4.>> so much emotion today after those ver

judge trina thompson has yet to decide if she will grant the time off. >>considering all 3 jurors made the travel arrangements after they were notified of the deliberating schedule this comes after the jurors took off the last week of august through this past labor day. >>she my client in. it's in ways. nothing for them and >>call defendants derick almena and max harris s s ve been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the people who died in a fire in the ghost ship warehouse while attending a music even it back on december second 2016 after a 3 month trial. all the evidence was handed over to the jury then after 10 days of deliberating as shocking development, 3 jurors were removed surrounding misconduct allegations, 3 alternate were called up to take their place at this point only one alternate remains i think as time goes on more difficult comes for them. tuesday judge thompson welcome the jury back she read jury instructions and she reminded them that they will be sequestered during and that if they choose they can use that time to c

that's when judge trina thompson signalled there was a deadlock, and asked the foreman directly, how many times did the jury vote on alninmena, 12 times. 10 people thought he was guilty, two people thought he was not guilty. >> i'm pained, anguished, i'm frustrated, but we will win next time. >> reporter: the judge declared a mistrial and thanked the tired jury for the their hard work. he doesn't blame the two jurors who refused to budge. >> they had a tough job to do. >> reporter: he's directing his blame elsewhere. >> i feel that it's because of the city has so much to do with it that they couldn't just find these two people guilty. that's my opinion. >> derek almena is still in custody and his next court date is going to be on october 4th. we can see a number of possibilities play out here, number one, the prosecution could try him again. they could also offer him a plea deal, and we know the defense team is going to try and lower his bail so he can get out. i spoke to some family members of the victims who tell me they will be back here on the isot o. back to you. >> melissa, yes

judge trina thompson has yet to decide if she will grant that i considering all 3 jurors made the travel arrangements. >>after they were notified of the deliberating schedule this comes after the jurors took off the last week of august through this past labor day. co-defendants derick almena and max harris have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the people who died in a fire in the ghost ship warehouse while attending a music even it back on december second 2016 after a 3 month trial. all the evidence was handed over to the jury then after 10 days of deliberating a shocking development, 3 jurors were removed surrounding misconduct allegations, 3 alternate were called up to take their place at this point only one alternate remains leaving the trial teetering dangerously close to the possibility of a mistrial if 2 or more jurors are removed. >>i don't think the court% should declare a mistrial it we've all put so much into the >>when you think about it how many people it can take 5 months off to sit through a trial of this length there really is quite remarkable. >