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The Latest: Attorneys Debate Jury Charge in Slager Trial
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: Attorneys Debate Jury Charge in Slager Trial
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nov 29, 2016, 7:36 PM ET
The Latest the trial of a former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
The jury has gone home but the attorneys are still in the courtroom in Michael Slager's murder trial in South Carolina.
Slager is the white former North Charleston patrolman charged in the shooting death of Walter Scott — an unarmed black motorist shot five times as he fled a traffic stop in April of last year. The shooting was captured by a bystander on cellphone video.
The defense rested its case earlier Tuesday after Slager took the stand in his own defense.
Attorneys are now arguing over what laws the jury should be asked to consider when the judge charges the jury and the panel composed of 11 whites and one black begins their deliberations.
Closing arguments in the case are expected Wednesday.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nov 29, 2016, 7:36 PM ET
The Latest the trial of a former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
The jury has gone home but the attorneys are still in the courtroom in Michael Slager's murder trial in South Carolina.
Slager is the white former North Charleston patrolman charged in the shooting death of Walter Scott — an unarmed black motorist shot five times as he fled a traffic stop in April of last year. The shooting was captured by a bystander on cellphone video.
The defense rested its case earlier Tuesday after Slager took the stand in his own defense.
Attorneys are now arguing over what laws the jury should be asked to consider when the judge charges the jury and the panel composed of 11 whites and one black begins their deliberations.
Closing arguments in the case are expected Wednesday.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-slager-takes-stand-motorist-shooting-trial-43844304
