06-08-2015, 12:21 PM
OP UPDATE -- MICHAEL SLAGER INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
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Former North Charleston police officer ^ Michael Slager has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of unarmed resident Walter Scott.
In South Carolina, the investigating agency typically presents the case to a grand jury, not the prosecutor, to determine if there evidence to move forward with the charges.
The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott.
Slager was charged and fired from his job almost immediately after the video surfaced. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment Monday.
"The jury will make up its own mind after it sees the video and hears the other testimony," Wilson said of Slager's trial. No trial date has yet been set.
Wilson said earlier the death penalty does not seem to apply because former officer Slager did not kill Scott while in the commission of another crime such as robbery or kidnapping, so there were no aggravating factors to justify a death penalty case.
The 33-year-old Slager faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-slag...-carolina/
Former North Charleston police officer ^ Michael Slager has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of unarmed resident Walter Scott.
In South Carolina, the investigating agency typically presents the case to a grand jury, not the prosecutor, to determine if there evidence to move forward with the charges.
The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott.
Slager was charged and fired from his job almost immediately after the video surfaced. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment Monday.
"The jury will make up its own mind after it sees the video and hears the other testimony," Wilson said of Slager's trial. No trial date has yet been set.
Wilson said earlier the death penalty does not seem to apply because former officer Slager did not kill Scott while in the commission of another crime such as robbery or kidnapping, so there were no aggravating factors to justify a death penalty case.
The 33-year-old Slager faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-slag...-carolina/