DECATUR — A DeKalb County jury has deadlocked in their deliberations on the murder case against a woman who shot and killed her husband two years ago.
Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker declared a mistrial after a jury of eight men and four women deliberated almost 20 hours without reaching a verdict.
The 47-year-old testified last week that she acted in self defense when she fired six shots into her husband, Ralph C. "Cliff" Scott. She said that her husband had threatened to kill her and charged at her when she fired the first shot.
But prosecutors told the jury that Scott was lying on the witness stand. They argued she murdered her husband to gain control of his $5 million estate.
