CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A rabbi accused of arranging the 1994 killing of his wife wanted to be released from jail after a jury deadlock resulted in a mistrial.

Prosecutors said they oppose bail for Rabbi Fred J. Neulander and will seek a new trial. A bail hearing was set for Friday.

Neulander, 60, was on trial for allegedly having his wife killed so he could carry on an affair with a former Philadelphia radio host. Carol Neulander, 52, was found bludgeoned to death in the couple's suburban Philadelphia home on Nov. 1, 1994.

The jury deliberated more than 40 hours before deadlocking on all three charges they had to consider: capital murder, felony murder and conspiracy.

Camden County Prosecutor Lee Solomon said he will continue to seek a death sentence. "Nothing about this case has changed," Solomon said.

Neulander's lawyers said they hadn't decided whether to try to have the retrial moved to another location, and Solomon said he hasn't determined his position on such an effort.

Neulander has denied any involvement in his wife's death.

"He's certainly relieved," said Jeffrey Zucker, one of Neulander's two lawyers. "We look forward to trying to resolve this in a situation where our client is fully exonerated."

Neulander, a senior rabbi at Congregation M'kor Shalom until a few months after his wife's death, took the stand at the trial, a rarity in a capital murder case. He said he and his wife had an "open marriage" in which they agreed to see other people, and he denied plotting the murder.

"I was selfish and arrogant. I went beyond the bounds of the marriage," Neulander testified. "I betrayed Carol. I betrayed my family. I betrayed my synagogue. I betrayed my religion."

The case turned on the word of Neulander versus that of Len Jenoff, a private investigator and recovering alcoholic who said the rabbi offered him $30,000 and the promise of a position in the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to kill his wife.

Jenoff, 56, and his former roommate, Paul Michael Daniels, 27 have pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the killing.

The case could be retried in the spring at the earliest, but it is not certain that any of the lead attorneys will participate then.

Solomon's term expires in June and his appointment is not expected to be renewed. Solomon is a Republican appointee, and the newly elected governor, Jim McGreevey, is a Democrat.

It was also unclear whether Zucker and his other attorney, Dennis Wixted, would still represent the rabbi or how their services would be paid for.

The day's business in the case was a hearing on a media request to let reporters contact and publish the names of jurors. Baxter had banned both actions, and she said Wednesday that the ban would remain in effect.

The media contingent – well over two dozen for several days of the trial – had shrunk, and the Court TV tent in front of the courthouse was taken down.