10-21-2021, 06:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2021, 06:42 PM by Dānu.)
The Damned Cops Are Out Of Control
The Damned Cops Are Out Of Control
Quote:A judge on Thursday sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor to 57 months behind bars, the maximum penalty possible, for fatally shooting a 911 caller in 2017.
Noor had been convicted of third-degree murder for the slaying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond on July 15, 2017 and sentenced to 12 1/2 years behind bars, before the state Supreme Court tossed that charge last month.
That left his conviction for second-degree manslaughter as the top conviction, leading to Thursday's new sentencing hearing.
The state Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors didn't prove Noor acted with a "depraved mind, without regard for human life," which would be needed for the third-degree murder conviction.
That statute has always been used in cases when a defendant is accused of endangering multiple people and not targeting a single individual, according to the high court.
Prosecutors had argued Noor fit that crime because his fatal shot at Damond could have also wounded Harrity or a passing bicyclist. The high court ruled it was clear Noor was only targeting the woman he killed.
(NBC News)
Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies.
Vivekananda
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies.
Vivekananda