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  • Ghost Ship trial: Jury acquits defendant Max Harris, hangs on Derick Almena

    09/05/2019 3:25:44 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 17 replies
    SF Chronicle ^ | September 5, 2019 | Megan Cassidy, Sarah Ravani and Matthias Gafni
    Jurors in the Ghost Ship criminal trial acquitted defendant Max Harris on Thursday and hung on defendant Derick Almena, reaching the verdicts in Alameda County Superior Court five months after the trial started and more than a month after receiving the case. Almena, 49, and Harris, 29, faced up to 39 years in prison if convicted on all charges stemming from the Dec. 2, 2016 inferno that killed three dozen people at a warehouse party in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. Defense attorneys for Harris said he could be released from custody as early as Thursday, but Almena’s fate was less certain....