Crime

Report: "Loud Music" trial cost taxpayers nearly $100K

/ AP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 12-day trial of a man accused of killing a teenager during an argument over loud music cost taxpayers nearly $100,000.

The city of Jacksonville released information about the cost of the trial - $99,158.26, to be exact - on Monday.

Michael Dunn was convicted in February on three counts of attempted second-degree murder and shooting into a vehicle. Jurors deadlocked on the murder charge in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga. A retrial is scheduled for May 5.

The Florida Times-Union reports it cost $26,000 to house, feed and pay 16 jurors. In addition, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spent about $64,000 in personnel overtime.

Sheriff's Office Chief Michelle Cook says she talked to agencies that handled the George Zimmerman and Casey Anthony trials before the trial began. The Zimmerman trial cost about $902,000, including $320,000 in sheriff's office costs.

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