Black Man Shoots White Teen, Jury says Self Defense. And Nobody Cares

TTAG ^ | 18 July, 2013 | Tim McNabb

[caveat emptor]

Relatives (and prosecutors) make all kinds of claims to make dead perps look 'innocent'.

I clearly was being too vague in my remark "a jury has spoken" attempting to show that I had some doubt about the case. The usual wording is "the jury has spoken", a difference which was pointed out when BO said "a jury has spoken" and there were suggestions that he had in mind that there would be another trial and another jury .

I had quoted the aunt'scomment that Christopher Cervini had been shot in the back by by the perp. The closest I could come to confirming that was this from an internet search:

Judge Sets Roderick Scott's Bail at $25,000 "It could be construed that a shot in the back would be less indicative of a self defense claim however that will ultimately be up to a jury to decide," said Finocchio. ... Again Roderick Scott claims Chris Cervini said "I'm going to get you" when he was running towards him. rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=83731&nxd_25741_start=22315

No kidding. That article is no longer available but there is no reason to believe it was a fake article. The jury took 19 hours to reach a verdict. I'll still go with "a jury has spoken".

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I actually hit the post button before putting in the /sarc/ notation!

I TRY to judge not lest I be judged!

[publius911]

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