Mistrial declared in Shane murder trial

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A judge declared a hung jury Tuesday in the murder trial for the man accused of killing 13-year-old Emily Shane as she walked along Pacific Coast Highway in 2010. The jury of eight men and four women was unable to come to a consensus on whether Sina Khankhanian, 28, should be convicted of second-degree murder or of a lesser charge of gross vehicular manslaughter. The ruling, which is the same as a mistrial, likely means there will be a second trial.