The jury in the Ray Tensing murder trial has concluded without reaching a verdict after more than 24 hours of deliberations.

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The jury in the Ray Tensing murder trial concluded without reaching a verdict after more than 25 hours of deliberations. Former University of Cincinnati's police officer Ray Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter for shooting Sam DuBose during a traffic stop in July 2015. The jury was directed to consider murder first during deliberations. If they were unable to reach a verdict, or if they found Tensing not guilty, they were to move on to voluntary manslaughter. Watch this report The jury could not reach an unanimous decision on either charge, they told the court. "You have considered this case for a considerable length of time and reported to the court that you are unable to reach a verdict. The court accepts this conclusion and finds that there is no probability of the jury agreeing," Judge Megan Shanahan said. "By reason of your inability to reach a verdict, I declare this case a mistrial." Judge Shanahan thanked the jury for their service. She also told them that they are now allowed to discuss the trial. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said he thought the jurors did their best and pointed out that the trial involved a great amount of evidence and was a complicated case. "I'd be lying to you if I didn't tell you I was disappointed," Deters said. "What we do know, is that they were leaning towards acquittal on the murder. They were leaning towards conviction on the voluntary manslaughter, but they just couldn't come to an agreement." Deters said the Dubose family would like for him to re-try the case. Deters said he will make that decision by Nov 28. "I'm going to go through a process where we analyze whether or not there's a probability of success at trial. If I think we can get a win, we'll retry the case," Deters said. WATCH: Deters speaks about Ray Tensing mistrial Attorney Al Gerhardstein, who represents the DuBose family, said they want another trial and can't understand why the jury couldn't reach a conclusion. "With the video evidence as clear as it is, they shouldn't have been so stuck," he said. WATCH: Gerhardstein says family is "incredibly disappointed" The next court date on this trial is set for Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. Ray Tensing's bond was continued. The 12 men and women in the jury were sequestered to a hotel since Wednesday, when they began deliberations. The jury listened to about five days of testimony in Tensing's trial. He's charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter, though the jury was instructed that he may only be convicted of one or none -- not both charges. Assistant prosecuting attorney Mark Piepmeier argued that Tensing is guilty of murder, defined in the indictment as "purposely caus(ing) the death of Sam DuBose." Tensing said in his police interview that he meant to shoot DuBose, Piepmeier argued. Defense attorney Stew Mathews argued that Tensing was justified in shooting DuBose because he was in fear for his life. He asked the jury to consider what they would have done in that situation. WLWT News 5’s Todd Dykes, Karin Johnson and Nikki Ferrell are covering this trial and will provide updates as they happen.