Having JAI both in the webapp and in the JRE/JDK prevents startup with Jetty 9.
A simple workaround is to remove JAI from GeoServer WEB-INF/lib as suggested in the install guide (the difference being that right now the step is no more optional):
http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/production/java.html#geoserver-cleanup
So, two options:
Update the docs
See if changing the classloading options in Jetty makes it start anyways
Pull request for docs - https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/1617
Will use similar language in release announcement.
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