Posted on 01/15/2016 5:46:49 PM PST by Steely Tom
he jury in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter was one vote from acquitting him of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, the most serious charge he faced, according to sources familiar with the deliberations.
Judge Barry G. Williams declared a mistrial because the jury deadlocked on all four charges last month. Jurors were two votes from convicting Porter of misconduct in office, and more divided on charges of assault and reckless endangerment, sources said.
How the jury voted was not publicly revealed, and the judge ruled that jurors' names should not be revealed.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
This won’t stop the DA from wasting millions more knowing cases in order to appease the riot prone masses.
Meanwhile, the State's Attorney went full retard asking Judge Williams to compel Porter to testify in all five following trials.
Officer Porter's appeal to the high court is based on his still being legal jeopardy not only at his retrial, but on possible Federal charges.
The prosecution banked on Porter being convicted. Without that, their trial strategy for the other five falls apart.
Mosley is the poster child for Affirmative Action employees everywhere. The only qualification she needed was her race.
“The information also could help shape legal strategies in the pending cases against the other five police officers charged in Gray’s April arrest and death.”
Indeed. 11-1 for acquittal means that the strategy should be to bail on all the show trials instead of wasting millions more persecuting people who have almost zero chance of being convicted. But we all know that’s not going to happen.
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