Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Walter Scott Shooting: Prosecutors Confident of Slager Conviction on Retrial

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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Source: NBC News

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