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Yes! > In December, a jury in Corpus Christi, Tex., acquitted a 48-year-old man who spent 664 days in jail after being charged with attempted capital murder fo
by agensaequivocum 5y ago
Yes!
> In December, a jury in Corpus Christi, Tex., acquitted a 48-year-old man who spent 664 days in jail after being charged with attempted capital murder for wounding three SWAT officers during a no-knock raid that targeted his nephew. The jury concluded that the man, Ray Rosas, did not know whom he was firing at through a blinded window.
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- TheCoelacanth 5y agoSpending nearly two years in jail is not what I would describe as "allowed".
- klyrs 5y agoSo, he served a two-year sentence. Now do Breonna Taylor.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoHow can be be sentenced for the crime if he was acquitted?
- splintercell 5y agoBreonna Taylor wasn’t charged in court and persecuted (technically it was her bf who was shooting back). Irrespective of whether her death was legal or not, The question was simply about the legality. Kenneth Walker, boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, was never prosecuted.
- klyrs 5y agoYes, the charges were eventually dropped, but Walker spent a couple of months in jail. Taylor's killing was an extrajudicial execution, as her murderers weren't charged. Walker can't sue the cops, thanks to qualified immunity, but the cop he shot is suing him.