Drago was convicted in Rodriguez's death in 2020, but the conviction was overturned last year and the judge ordered a new trial, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
Prosecutors said AnnMarie Drago knew exactly what she was doing as she hit the gas on her SUV and killed Rodriguez in September 2018.in a dispute over a memorial honoring the activist’s slain daughter has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on the top count of criminally negligent homicide.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said after the second trial ended Monday with no verdict on the homicide charge that he is prepared to retry the case yet again. Drago, who was trying the sell the house, had dismantled the memorial because she didn’t want to scare off buyers. That led to a confrontation between the two women.