After defense compares him to Wyatt Earp, jury acquits former cop charged with Mobile murder

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A jury deliberated for a little more than two hours Thursday before acquitting a former police officer of murder in the shooting death of a neighbor five years ago.

It was the second time Jonathan Murphy II had been tried for murder in the death of Larry Taylor. The first trial in 2023 ended in a hung jury.

The verdict sent Murphy, 40, to his knees…

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