Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

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Judge guts deputy's felony conviction but warns of likely prison sentence

Judge guts deputy's felony conviction but warns of likely prison sentence

The order doesn't strike a jury's felony finding against a former sheriff's deputy, but it essentially guts the verdict by dismissing the felony allegation in the indictment.

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Judge guts deputy's felony conviction but warns of likely prison sentence
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An image from video of the assault and a screenshot of Judge Wilson’s order.

A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a felony civil rights charge against a former sheriff’s deputy at the request of the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.

The order from U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson doesn’t strike the jury’s felony verdict, but it dismi…

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