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Last-minute plea deal heads off 2nd mistrial in 2016 fatal shooting

Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, after a jury had deliberated on the fate of Tyrone Franklin Jr., 25, of Urbana for several hours and indicated they were having trouble reaching a verdict, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Nov. 26, 2016, shooting of Robert Lee Brown, 21. URBANA — Heading off the possibility of another mistrial, the Champaign County State's Attorney's Office made an offer to an Urbana man accused of first-degree murder to plead guilty to a lesser offense that allows him to be released from prison in about 15 years. read more

 

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