USHung jury declared in Florida officer's attempted manslaughter trial: local media
Closing arguments set in ex-Florida police officer's trial
The fate of a fired Florida police officer charged with fatally shooting a stranded black motorist will soon be before a jury.
A jury trial , or trial by jury , is a lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial in which a judge or panel of judges makes all decisions.
A hung jury or deadlocked jury is a judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity or supermajority. This situation can occur only in common law legal systems
© AP In this 2014 photo made available by the North Miami Police Dept., Fla. shows Officer Jonathan Aledda. Aledda shot therapist Charles Kinsley on Monday, July 18, 2016 in North Miami, Fla. A North Miami police commander has been suspended for allegedly fabricating information about the shooting of the unarmed black therapist. (North Miami Police Dept. via AP) A hung jury was declared on Friday in the attempted manslaughter trial of a Florida policeman charged in the shooting and wounding of the caretaker for a mentally ill man who was holding a toy truck the officer mistook for a gun, local media reported.
The six-member Miami-Dade County jury also acquitted the North Miami police officer, Jonathan Aledda, of a single misdemeanor count of culpable negligence in the 2016 shooting. The jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on two counts of attempted manslaughter and a second negligence count, according to media reports.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Tom Brown)
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The Texas Judicial Commission is issuing a public warning to Jack Robison, a judge who told a jury that God wanted to acquit a woman who was on trial for charges related to sex trafficking. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) { medianetNativeAdOnArticle.getMedianetNativeAds(true); }); The jury found her guilty instead, and Gloria Romero Perez was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge, Jack Robison, is on the other end of a disciplinary measure.
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