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Jury in Officer Porter trial was one vote from acquittal
Jury in Officer Porter trial was one vote from acquittal on most serious charge
The juror agreed to be interviewed by The Sun but asked to remain anonymous because Williams requested that panel members not discuss their experience.
Legal experts say a juror's right to speak after a trial concludes is protected by the U.S. Constitution, and that Williams' request likely had a chilling effect.
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The 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.Legal experts say the information is critical to understanding the process now playing out as prosecutors and Porter's defense attorneys prepare for his scheduled retrial in June. 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.
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Re: Jury in Officer Porter trial was one vote from acquittal
I thought from the beginning that the prosecution did a big overreach in how they pursued the whole indictment.
It will be interesting to see how the re-trial as well as the remaining other trials work out.
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Re: Jury in Officer Porter trial was one vote from acquittal
tennyson wrote:
I thought from the beginning that the prosecution did a big overreach in how they pursued the whole indictment.
It will be interesting to see how the re-trial as well as the remaining other trials work out.
I agree with you tennyson. Now it almost seems that the judge is doing what he can so the prosecution can get
a guilty verdict.
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