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Related: About this forumWalter Scott shooting: jury unable to reach verdict in officer's murder trial
Source: The Guardian
Walter Scott shooting: jury unable to reach verdict in officer's murder trial
Judge instructs jury to keep deliberating after they came out
to report they could not reach consensus on charges for former
police officer Michael Slager
Oliver Laughland
Friday 2 December 2016 19.42 GMT
The jury in the trial of former police officer Michael Slager, who shot and killed unarmed African American Walter Scott as he ran away, has indicated it cannot reach a unanimous decision, throwing a cloud of uncertainty over the case.
The monthlong trial heard closing arguments on Wednesday, leaving jurors to decide whether to convict Slager, 35, on charges of murder or manslaughter.
On Friday, after over 14 hours of deliberations, the jurys foreman indicated in a note to South Carolina judge Clifton Newman that they would not be able to reach a unanimous decision.
It is clear that jurors will not be able to come to consensus, the note read.
In response, Judge Newman called the jury back into the court room and urged them, under a so-called Allen charge, to continue deliberations and push for a decision.
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Judge instructs jury to keep deliberating after they came out
to report they could not reach consensus on charges for former
police officer Michael Slager
Oliver Laughland
Friday 2 December 2016 19.42 GMT
The jury in the trial of former police officer Michael Slager, who shot and killed unarmed African American Walter Scott as he ran away, has indicated it cannot reach a unanimous decision, throwing a cloud of uncertainty over the case.
The monthlong trial heard closing arguments on Wednesday, leaving jurors to decide whether to convict Slager, 35, on charges of murder or manslaughter.
On Friday, after over 14 hours of deliberations, the jurys foreman indicated in a note to South Carolina judge Clifton Newman that they would not be able to reach a unanimous decision.
It is clear that jurors will not be able to come to consensus, the note read.
In response, Judge Newman called the jury back into the court room and urged them, under a so-called Allen charge, to continue deliberations and push for a decision.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/walter-scott-shooting-trial-jury-michael-slager
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Walter Scott shooting: jury unable to reach verdict in officer's murder trial (Original Post)
Eugene
Dec 2016
OP
Guilty verdict would be expected normally except victim is Black which seems a justification
Hoyt
Dec 2016
#1
they say it was a juoror with an agenda. wanted to get on and maybe not honest about their
JI7
Dec 2016
#5
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Guilty verdict would be expected normally except victim is Black which seems a justification
for shooting unarmed people in the back nowadays.
The damn jury needs to do its job.
Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)2. So f'n depressing
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)3. Reporting is one holdout
Several notes to judge, one of the notes indicates the hold out cannot "find guilt'. I'm not sure what that means.
JI7
(90,844 posts)5. they say it was a juoror with an agenda. wanted to get on and maybe not honest about their
background.
was never going to convict. wanted to get on to make sure no conviction.
racist piece of shit.
JHan
(10,173 posts)4. Hard to decide whether shooting an unarmed, fleeing black man in the back 5 times is a crime right?
JI7
(90,844 posts)6. is it so hard to believe the election results when we have jury results like this
time after time.
talk about a rigged system.