Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
It certainly helped that the defense faceplanted at every junction.

I know jurys arent supposed to watch the news, but it would have been hard to miss a number of police killings in the week leading up to the verdict. I imagine that might have helped as well.

It's not justice, this is no substitute for reform, but its nice to win one.

I suppose he couldn't really use the usual defense of saying "I thought my life was in danger, it was a split second decision, blah blah blah."