For the second time, a Franklin County jury could not decide whether to convict a man of kidnapping Mohamed Hassan Adam, a slain Columbus imam
, 23, of the city's Northeast Side, on charges of kidnapping and aggravated robbery in connection with the death of Adam, 48, began June 20 and ended Thursday the same way the first trial did.
The jury was split six to six this time on whether to convict. In February, was split 10-2 in favor of a guilty verdict, according to Brown-Miller’s defense attorney, Toure McCord. Franklin County First Assistant Prosecutor Janet Grubb, head of the criminal division, told The Dispatch on Thursday that the office will consider all of their options and make a decision in the coming days on whether to retry Brown-Miller.
Adam was an imam at Masjid Abu Hurairah mosque on the Northeast Side, and described as a pillar of the Columbus Somali and Muslim communities. A friend of Adam’s testified he received a call that night during which two men spoke and told him to bring money. There were numerous failed transactions on Cash App, a money-transferring app, from Adam’s cellphone to other people on the night he went missing, according to prosecutors. Some transactions were for thousands of dollars.
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