With the sound of 8 rounds fired.
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“unarmed black man”
other phrases:
man who fought/wrestled officer
man who tried to take officer’s gun
man who took officer’s taser
man who used taser on officer
“a holdout juror said he felt he could not vote to convict the officer in “good conscience.””
That juror would have voted not to convict even if the prosecution showed a video of Slager shooting a man in the back and then planting a weapon right next to the dead man.”
That’s the problem with the jury system. All it takes is one guy who actually pays attention to facts and circumstance to screw up a perfectly good political lynching.
Isn’t there something in law about double jeopardy and trying someone twice for the same crime....?
Someone with a legal background want to comment?
Why is one person voting not guilty a deadlock?
The jury votes 11 to 1. If its not unanimous, that is the jury verdict. If that means they cannot convict because it isn’t unanimous, then thats the answer of the jury.
Isn’t a jury that can’t reach a unanimous verdict, given their answer?