Posted on 12/05/2016 9:44:58 PM PST by Trump20162020
Michael Slager, the officer who faced murder and manslaughter charges for shooting an unarmed black man in the back, will face a re-trial after the jury deadlocked over his case on Monday — and experts say there's still a strong case against him.
While eleven jurors backed convicting an officer for the shooting at one point, according to a note written by one of the jurors, a holdout juror said he felt he could not vote to convict the officer in "good conscience."
Prosecutors swiftly announced they would re-try the case, which is a legal option after any jury deadlocks.
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Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought.So if, for example, a person killed with malice aforethought, and did not use poison, lay in wait, etc. that is murder in the second degree.Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing; or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, escape, murder, kidnapping, treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse, child abuse, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated as part of a pattern or practice of assault or torture against a child or children; or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree.
Any other murder is murder in the second degree.
Killing without malice aforethought is manslaughter.
Second-degree murder is usually defined as a killing that is either not premeditated or is caused by reckless conduct with a lack of concern for human life. Second-degree murders are different from voluntary manslaughter, where the killing is committed in the heat of passion. It’s also different from first-degree murder, which involves premeditation. There are three common situations considered second-degree murder:
SECTION 16-3-10. “Murder” defined. “Murder” is the killing of any person with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
SECTION 16-3-50. Manslaughter. A person convicted of manslaughter, or the unlawful killing of another without malice, express or implied, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years or less than two years.
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c003.php
Wrong. The federal government can violate his civil rights just by saying he violated the suspect's civil rights and prosecute the officer for the exact same charge worded differently.
In this case the cop went too far and I suspect the juror went too far in a sense as well, reacting to all the anti-police sentiment out there and the attacks on police who are falsely accused of being racists.
The juror didn’t want to convict the cop because of all the anti-police propaganda from Black Lives Matter and the mainstream media, I suspect.
It was 2 seconds since breaking contact and shots fired.
They should make it 2 jurors who have to say not guilty to make it count so we don’t have 1 obnoxious holdout
First degree murder involves premeditation. Second degree murder is done “in the heat of passion”. The officer appears to have killed the man in anger, while the guy was running away. That makes it second degree.
“Malice aforethought” need not involve a large amount of time for premeditation. If you hit me, and run away, and I decide “m-—— f-——, you’re gonna die for that”, and shoot you in the following second, then I had malice aforethought.
Doesn’t apply to hung jury cases.
Are you seriously defending a cop who shot an old black man in the back who was running from him? The cop couldn’t chase him and tackle him? Or, just follow him till the old guy ran out of gas?
Did you actually see the video - I did, and you’re FOS
You forgot "unarmed man who was running away and who was shot half a dozen times in the back."
South Carolina has no second degree murder. It's either murder or it isn't. There are aggravating circumstances that can affect the sentence.
South Carolina does not differentiate between degrees of murder. It's either murder or it isn't. There is no first degree or second degree.
“Man who was shot in the back as he was fleeing.”
That would be a fleeing felon shot in the back. Should have shot him in the face when he was fighting the officer.
And so did the jurors so go suck on some other felons sneakers.
“So its okay for a cop to shoot an unarmed man who is running away?”
That would be a fleeing felon in this case.
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