Mistrial In Charleston Murder Trial

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...Kenneth Carter went on trial March 12th for the beating death of Ronald Forton, but after two days of deliberations, the jury could not come up with a unanimous decision. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jim Stucky declared a mistrial Monday and scheduled a new trial for May 7th. Carter was arrested last summer. Police say, in July, he beat Ronald Forton to death with a baseball bat and injured Brady Dunlap in an apartment on Charleston’s West Side.