Officer Who Shot Philando Castile Acquitted of Manslaughter Charges
June 17, 2017 Leave a comment
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After five days and more than 25 hours of deliberation, a jury decided that the state did not meet its burden for a conviction. Yanez would have faced up to 10 years under Minnesota law if he had been convicted.
Yanez had been charged with manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm for fatally shooting Castile, 32, in his car while Castile’s girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter were sitting in the vehicle just outside St. Paul, Minnesota.
The jury that determined Yanez’s fate consisted of seven men and five women. Two jurors were black and the rest were white.
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David Joles / AP file
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