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UPDATE: Akron Student Found Guilty in Kent State Student's 2009 Murder gets Retrial

Jury selection starts today in Adrian Barker retrial

A Shaker Heights, OH, man found guilty in the 2009 murder of a Kent State University student is getting a new trial starting today, Recordpub.com reports.

Jury selection starts today in the retrial of Adrian Barker, who was found guilty in 2009 in the death of Christopher M. Kernich.

Editor's note: this story was corrected at 6:54 p.m.


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